Copyright 101, who owns what, plus the huge benefits of registering early (LRM S1E7)

Legal Road Map®: copyright, trademark and business law info for online entrepreneurs

English - December 19, 2016 10:00 - 24 minutes - 17.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 52 ratings
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Previous Episode: Trademark 101, choose a good business or product name and registration explained (LRM S1E6)

Next Episode: Copyright and Trademark 201, using other people’s photos, videos, music, and more legally (LRM S1E8)

Want to stop copycats in their tracks? Learn how copyright law automatically protects your creative content like your blog, photos, videos, and e-courses, and the huge benefit you can get by registering your copyrights ASAP.

(Be sure to listen to Episode 5 first for an overview of the different kinds of IP; Episode 7 builds on Episode 5).

Episode highlights:

Who owns what? How to be sure your business owns copyrights when your employees or contractors do the creating Tricky ownership issues with co-creators What rights does a copyright owner get? Crazy good benefits of copyright registration How does the federal copyright registration process work? Do you need to hire an attorney? How long does a copyright registration last? Should you use the © symbol?

KEY TAKEAWAY: Copyright registration is easy and inexpensive -- this is a MUST for any business that’s making money from content like a blog, videos, e-course, or other digital products.

This podcast is information not legal advice specific to your situation.