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Photographer Teri Bloom Endorses RightsClick
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Photographer Teri Bloom started her career in New York’s East Village capturing icons of the 1980s music scene. And like many photographers whose early works predate the digital age,…
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Registration Guidance for Works Made Prior to 1978
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You’ve heard and perhaps repeated to others that copyright is automatic. We here at RightsClick always remind people that while that is technically true, registration with the Copyright Office…
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Copyright Registration for Screenwriters
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Copyright registration of your screenplay, especially if you write it on spec, is a good idea. But there are some common questions and considerations that we often seen from…
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Changes at Copyright Office & Effect on Registration
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You may be aware that in the past week there has been a change of leadership at the Copyright Office as well as its parent agency, the Library of…
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Copyright Registration & AI Training
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The search tool created by The Atlantic has revealed to the general public what professional creators have been fighting in court for some time now: the big AI companies have taken…
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When to Register a New Version of a Work
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Ernest Hemingway famously said that “The only kind of writing is rewriting.” Whether creators agree with that rule, one question we hear frequently is, “When should I register a…
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Event Photography: Venues and Vendors as Copyright Vultures
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RightsClick recently conncected with photographer Vanessa Joy. In this video, she raises some important copyright issues related to event photography. Before discussing those issues, we strongly recommend that photographers…
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AI and Copyright Registration
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If you’re feeling confused about copyright and artificial intelligence, you’re not alone. Many of the issues and conflicts related to this topic are going to work their way through…
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SCOTUS Decision a Win for Copyright Owners
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This morning, in the case Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v. Nealy, the Supreme Court decided how far back a plaintiff can recover damages for copyright infringement. The decision is…
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Do You Have To Put the © On Your Work?
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The “c” in a circle: © is is a world-famous symbol, and yet it is no longer required for protecting works under U.S. copyright law. In fact, this has…