intellectual property

What is a Creative Commons License?

Which Creative Commons License is right for you?   Creative Commons is a licensing scheme that encourages the sharing of intellectual property whilst allowing the creator to retain ownership of the copyright. A Creative Commons license is a simple, legal means for creators to grant copyright permissions to their creative work. The aim of the

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Scoopshot: A Way Forward for Photographers?

Scoopshot: Potentially another revenue stream for Photographers When it comes to copyright issues, photographers and other visual artists often have it much worse than others. Photography is easy to take, difficult to track, and depending on how it’s used, difficult to resolve cases of misuse. A combination of copyright infringement, increased competition, and a large

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Free Book Copyright Template

Book Copyright These days due to the huge e-book movement people are self-publishing more than ever, but that doesn’t mean you don’t need to think about book copyright. Australian Copyright law is enshrined in law by the  Copyright Act 1968 (Cth). There are a whole variety of international treaties that ensure copyright is valid in

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