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Workshops, Events & Promotions
Thursday, April 24, 2008, 6:30 p.m.
Workshop: "Ins and Outs of Copyright - Copyright Law for Writers". Attorney Joy Butler addresses copyright and other legal topics of interest to book authors, freelancers, bloggers, and screenwriters including:
- How to maximize and enforce the copyright protection in your online and offline work.
- What are your options if someone infringes your work.
- Why writers should care about trademarks
- What is a work-made-for hire contract and when is it worthwhile for a writer to accept one.
- How to determine when you need permission to depict real life events and people in your writing.
- When and how writers can quote from songs, movies, books, and poems.
- How to work successfully with collaborators while side-stepping the legal landmines of collaboration.
Location: The Charles Sumner School, 1201 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC
Cost: Free for WNBA Members; $10 for Others
More Details: The program is sponsored by the DC Chapter of the Women's National Book Association. Visit the WNBA's site for more details.
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