(this is part three of a three part series on freelance copyrights) An email I received offering to save the soul of my work for cold cash was from one of hundreds of slightly off-center entrepreneurs trying to make a bunch of bucks from anything they can put into html code. Copyrighting your work is not hard to do. Those nice guys on the ‘Net …(there’s more) Continue reading
Who can own or claim rights to your freelance work? (This is part 2 of a three-part series on copyrights for freelancers. Part 1 covers the basics.) A variety of entities may be eligible to register or claim rights attached to protected material. The author – defined in regulations as “the person who originally created the work or, if the work was made for hire, …(there’s more) Continue reading
How do you secure the rights to your freelance work – written material you create? An email from a vendor I have heretofore trusted flamed in uppercase declaration, “Act NOW! Copyright your writings, your Web site, your very name. Thwart unscrupulous others bent on stealing your work for their nefarious purposes.” That’s a fate freelance writers, artists and designers are concerned about. And the brilliance …(there’s more) Continue reading
Susan Hassett, tile installer and writer, is suing Elisabeth Hasselbeck, reality TV has-been and co-whatever of ABC’s The View. The battle is over Hassett claiming Hasselbeck’s alleged ghost writer allegedly purloined Hassett’s words verbatim out of a self published (by Hassett) book on Celiac’s disease. Confusing? You can read more about the argument and the tactics being used at WomenDayByDay, an awesome website dear to …(there’s more) Continue reading
Writers used to use 3×5 cards and colored tabs to keep organized and focused and to keep their data in order. Computers make the organizing your writing neater and easier. To tame a large project, a writer needs to break the big project into small tasks. Submissions go more smoothly, tracking is easier and book projects stay controlled. Here are ten no-fail ways to tame …(there’s more) Continue reading
