Avoiding the traps in copyright law

Attorney Helen Sedwick answers reader questions on some finer points of copyrights, including when to copyright your work and when to seek permission to use someone else's: "Many people make the mistake of thinking that giving credit to the original illustrator, photographer, or writer is enough to protect them from a claim of copyright infringement. It’s not. If the original image or other work is subject to copyright, then assume you need to get permission to use it."

September 22, 2016

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