title: The Copyright Handbook: How to Protect & Use Written Works
author:  Stephen Fishman 
description: Providing forms and step-by-step instructions on such topics as transfer of copyright ownership, works for hire, fair use, and infringement, an updated edition offers copyright law guidance for writers, publishers, and educators. Original.
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  Hachette Book Group supports the right to free expression and the value of
  copyright. The purpose of copyright is to encourage writers and artists to
  produce the creative works that enrich our culture.
  
  
  The scanning, uploading, and distribution of this book without permission is a
  theft of the author’s intellectual property. If you would like permission to
  use material from the book (other than for review purposes), please contact
  permissions@hbgusa.com. Thank you for your support of the author’s rights.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _For Oni, Robinson, Beckham, and Ava Because of you all, every pr