title: The Copyright Guide: A Friendly Handbook for Protecting and Profiting from Copyrights
author:  Lee Wilson 
description: <strong> Lee Wilson</strong>is a Nashville writer and lawyer. In private practice since 1984, she writes on intellectual-property law topics for a variety of publications, has served on the boards of several arts organizations, and is a frequent speaker to arts and academic groups. She is the author of six books on intellectual-property law, all published by Allworth Press.
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  > >  _for my brother Spot, who’s there_
  
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  SO SHANNA GOT A new job at the movie theater, we thought we’d play a fun prank
  on her, and now most of us are dead, and I’m really starting to feel kind of
  guilty about it all.
  
  I’d like to say it wasn’t my idea, that we