Copyright Plain & Simple (Plain & Simple Series)

This newly revised edition of Copyright Plain & Simple outlines the fundamental elements of copyright as they apply to a variety of works, including: literature, drama, music, choreograpy, pantomimes, motion pictures and other audiovisual works, architecture, and so on.

Copyright Plain & Simple takes copyright out of the legal form and presents it in ways you can use and understand clearly.

Some issues that are covered in Copyright Plain & Simple include:
- What copyright is and why it is important.
- What copyright issues have been clouded by the Internet.
- When copyright law started and how it has changed over the years.
- The types of properties that are-and aren't- protected by copyright.
- What "fair use" is and when you claim it.
- What constitutes copyright infringement and how you can avoid it.