Legal aspects of book publishing

Basics of Licensing

by Sabrina Legal

The legal aspects of publishing fascinate me. Sure, they’re complicated and hard to understand at first, but it’s interesting to learn what you can and can’t do. Licensing is a very lucrative aspect of publishing. I don’t really think of licensing when I think of publishing, but some companies, such as IDW Publishing, Bendon Publishing [...]

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Fun(ny) Copyright Cases

by Sabrina Legal

Learning about publishing law may be a lot of work, but it sure is entertaining. In my last class, we discussed a couple of particularly interesting cases, one of which involves the video you see above. South Park is no stranger to lawsuits. But their most recent one concerns copyright infringement upon a hit YouTube [...]

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Publishing and Law: Marketing

by Sabrina Legal
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No that has nothing to do with publishing law. But it was the sign in the bathroom at HBO, where I had my class, and I thought it was kind of funny. And I do love a good sign. Anyway, this week we had a guest speaker: Rick Kurnit. He is an attorney at Frankfurt [...]

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The Social Network

by Sabrina Legal

Yeah I saw The Social Network. I pretty much had to. I’ve been on Facebook multiple times a day, almost every day for the past five years, so you see, given my current addiction, I had no choice. It was a really well-done movie, and it’s received a lot of critical acclaim. But looking at [...]

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