Nancy Wolff, legal counsel to PACA (the Picture Archive Council of America) and a specialist in intellectual property and new media law, has written a new book, âThe Professional Photographerâs Legal Handbookâ.
Here is an excerpt from the publisher's web site:
Anyone who wants to make a living by licensing rights to pictures will benefit from this real-world guide to photography and the law. This accessible and entertaining volume takes readers through the nuances and subtleties of copyright, trademark, and the laws of privacy and publicity. With a look at cases, statutes, and news items from todayâs headlines, Wolff covers the most timely and pressing legal matters confronting photographers and their representatives, including:
⢠Rights and licensing under copyright
⢠Infringement
⢠Protected trademarks
⢠Photos on the Internet
⢠Fair use
⢠The public domain
⢠First amendment considerations
⢠The Digital Millennium Copyright Act
⢠Moral rights
Written for non-lawyers, The Professional Photographerâs Legal Handbook is an essential tool for photographers, photo buyers, stock agents, picture researchers, reps, and other professionals in the field of photography.
The publisher's web site is here.
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