An easy to read, complete guide to today's copyright law. The book covers: Evolution of Copyrights, Copyright Ownership, Copyright Transfers, Exclusive Rights, Limitations on Rights, Copyright Notices, Copyright Duration, Termination of Grants, Year Rule Termination Procedure, Deposit and Registration, Completion of Application Form, Renewal of Copyrights, Copyright Infringement, Protection of Titles and Characters, Wills and Inheritance, International Aspects, Publication, and forms.

This book describes what a copyright is, how it's created & protected, limitations, transfer of ownership, how long it lasts, and what copyright infringement is. He also discusses electronic publishing. The book provides step-by-step instructions and tear-out forms needed to protect written works under U.S. and international copyright law. Includes a PC-formatted disk containing six important copyright agreements.

The authors/lawyers explain copyright and libel issues in great detail. Includes checklists and sample forms for requesting permissions, obtaining releases, summarizing permissions, and writing libel disclaimers. The book also covers the information about online publication, multimedia works, television, film clips, music, lyrics, and photographs.

This book explains victims, murder scenes, and clues. There are chapters on police procedures, post mortems, and court procedures.

This the book focuses is on extensive, well-researched true crime writing. It serves as a guide to writing and selling in the field of books, article, and screenplays based on real crime stories.