The New & Updated Copyright Primer:
A Survival Guide to the Copyrights and Permissions Process ©2000
Developed and written by the members of the
AAP Rights and Permissions Advisory Committee
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... About the Primer ...
The New & Updated Copyright Primer is a manual written to provide a reference in the area of rights and permissions for professionals working in publishing or related industries. It has been updated in 2000, since the 1997 edition to include electronic rights and new provisions in the Copyright Act. It is both practical and theoretical, with sections outlining the basic concepts of copyright law, and sections with detailed descriptions of copyright registrations and renewals; reversions of rights; permission licenses, from the viewpoint of both the grantor and the acquirer; and a brief outline of the principles of subsidiary rights licensing.
This manual will be useful for answering questions arising from daily work, from what copyright form to fill out for a CD-ROM, to whether a quote that an author wants to use in a book is in the public domain. The manual is intended to be a valuable resource for all publishing professionals from copyright assistants to permission managers to editors, and to anyone else who has an interest in rights issues.
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