If you're in business, chances are you have at least some intellectual property that needs protecting. And as companies increase their use of content marketing as a business growth strategy, the need to understand copyright law increases proportionately. When it comes to intellectual property and content marketing, you have two equally important goals: Protect the [...]
The recent situation with the Yahoo! list that had used excerpts from at least one of my books without permission or attribution has sparked a number of discussions about when it is and isn't okay to republish someone else's work without specific authorization. One person told me that he thought as long as he [...]
Good news: Yahoo! has taken the Clever Homemaker's list down. Applause to Yahoo! for demonstrating respect for intellectual property rights. I hope the list owner has learned a lesson.I am grateful to Charlene Davis for bringing this to my attention and being responsive to Yahoo!'s requests for additional information. I also appreciate the support of [...]
Yesterday I sent an e-mail to Yahoo!’s copyright/IP agent, identifying myself as one of the authors whose work was being used on the CleverHomemaker’s list without proper attribution or permission. The e-mail I received in response to my initial complaint told me I had to provide my full name, signature, address, phone number, and [...]
Last week, Charlene Davis (my friend, colleague, and occasional co-author) joined a Yahoo! Group called Clever Homemaker. The group has 6,000+ members and Charlene thought the articles the list owner was posting about business were very well-written. Then she recognized one of the articles — it was actually excerpt from one of my books on [...]
I can’t count the times over the years when my clients and associates have either done something or asked me to do something that violates someone else’s copyright—and most of the time, it’s done in innocence. I recently came across a great article that explains some of the myths that many people believe about copyrights. [...]
