title: The Copyright Permission and Libel Handbook: A Step-by-Step Guide for Writers, Editors, and Publishers
author:  Lloyd J. Jassin 
description: Any writer or editor not concerned about copyright and libel ought to be. While the laws governing copyright are more straightforward than those regarding libel, disregarding either can land a writer or publication in a lot of hot water. Very hot. While the authors of <i>The Copyright Permission and Libel Handbook</i> state outright that their guide should not take the place of an attorney, they explain copyright and libel issues in great detail, so that, at the very least, you'll know when to be on the alert. Copyright is relatively simple. "If you intend to use someone's copyrighted work," say Jassin and Schechter, "unless the use is considered a fair use, you must obtain that person's written permission." Of course, "fair use" gets tricky. One court determined that the Moral Majority's reproduction of a full ad from <i>Hustler</i> magazine was a fair use, while another ruled that <i>The Nation</i>'s reproduction of 300 words from President Ford's 20,000-word unpublished memoirs was not.
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  The Cult of Osiris
  
  
  ANDY MCDERMOTT
  
  
  headline
  
  
  [www.headline.co.uk](http://www.headline.co.uk)
  
  
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  Copyright ® 2009 Andy McDeimott
  
  
  The right of Andy McDermott to be identified as [he Author of the Work has
  been asserted by him in accordance
  
  
  with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
  
  
  First published in Great Britain in 2009 by HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP
  
  
  Apart from any use permitted under UK copyright law, this publication may only
  be reproduced, stored, or transmitted, in any form, or by any meansh with
  prior permission in writing of the publishers orh in the case of reprographic
  production, in accordance with the terms of licences issued by the Copyright
  Licensing Agency.
  
  
  First published as an Ebook by Headline Publishing Group in 2009
  
  
  All characters in this publication are fictitious and any resemblance to real
  persons, living or dead, is purely
  
  
  coincidental.
  
  
  Cataloguing in Publication Data is available from the British Library
  
  
  elSBN : 978 0 7553 732S