Keep Your Copyrights
Today, too many creators take a passive attitude toward their copyrights. The matter seems complex, and publishers or distributors may tell you that everyone does it their way, or that giving up copyrights is standard practice. But giving up your rights under copyright is a decision, not a default option. If you stand passively by, you may over the course of a long creative career produce a large body of work, most of which is owned and controlled by other people, whose interests and yours may diverge. We encourage a more proactive attitude toward copyright management. We encourage creators to understand that you start with all the rights, and that you should actively decide what you want to do with them. Your copyright in fact consists of multiple rights, and you can grant one right (or part of one right) without giving away the others. Copyright was designed to serve artists and creators, but if you give everything up, that idea can just become lip service. Worse, if you give away too many rights, the business to whom you gave up your rights can use your copyrights against you to hinder your later efforts to create or to get paid.http://www.keepyourcopyrights.org/
Recently Changed Documents
Anthology Article Contract
031.1k10.1kA contract to allow publication of an article in an anthology. Original contract can be found at ...
Last changed 7 years ago.
Contest Entry - Music Video
005743.3kA transfer of rights for a video entry into a contest, along with statements that the video was c...
Last changed 7 years ago.
Photo Session Agreement
286014.0k105.6kThis is a contract between a photographer and a major recording artist. The photographer was hire...
Last changed 7 years ago.