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Upcoming IP Event: Copyright for Writers and Publishers (6th January 2020)

BananaIP Counsels, through Intellepedia, is happy to announce a seminar on "Creative Expression and Copyright Protection", an event for writers, novelists and publishers, on 6th...

My Fair Writer – Fair Use Principles for Writers: Copyrights and Writers Part 12

As discussed in the previous post, the unauthorised exercise of any exclusive rights in a copyrighted work amounts to copyright infringement. However, copyright law provides...

Your Story! So What? – Books, Similarity and Copyright Infringement – Copyrights and Writers Part 11

Copyright Infringment, Author rights, Post on Authors and Copyrights

Copyright does not protect ideas except to the extent they are expressed, and a writer will not be liable for copyright infringement if she copies...

Your Book or Mine – Writers’ Moral Rights: Copyrights and Writers Part 10

A writer has two types of rights in his/her work: moral rights and economic rights. Economic rights are most often brought up in a discussion...

Reading Between The Lines- Book Publishing Contracts: Copyrights and Writers Part 9

Getting a publishing contract is an important milestone for a writer. For some writers, that is a remarkable achievement. This is despite the fact that...

A Writer by Any Other Name: Copyrights and Writers (Part 8)

Since the eighteenth century, writers have been writing under a name different from their given names. A few have chosen a different form of their...

If I Could Copyright… My Art: Copyrights and Writers (Part 6)

This post deals with filing of copyright registration application for protection of Artistic works forming part of a book. As stated in our previous post,...

If I Could Copyright… My Book: Copyrights and Writers (Part 5)

As stated in our earlier posts, copyright registration is not mandatory, as copyright comes into existence the moment a work is expressed in a tangible...

Why Don’t You Copyright Me? Copyrights and Writers (Part 4)

As seen in the previous posts, a copyright protects original and creative expression in a tangible form. While copyright exists in a work irrespective of...

Words Are All We Have – Copyrights and Writers (Part 1)

"Its only words, and words are all I have ..." Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb of Bee Gees gave us words that fluently roll off...