Entertainment Law

Copyright

Statutes, Rules and related sources: (Additional statutes, regulations & opinions may apply to your specific situation.)

• United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8.
• Title 17, United States Code.
• Minnesota Statutes index topic, Copyright.

Resources:

• Copyright, resources from the United States Copyright Office.
• Copyright, from Wex, the legal encyclopedia from the Legal Information Institute at Cornell.
• Copyright Legal Treatises
• Copyright Information and Resources, from the University of Minnesota Libraries.
• Copyright Law and Public Domain, from Nolo.
• Copyright questions and answers for information professionals: from the columns of Against the Grain - Gasaway, Laura N. - KF3030.1 .G375 2013.
• Fair Use, Free Speech & Intellectual Property, from the Center for Social Media & Social Impact.
• Fishman, Stephen. The Copyright Handbook: What Every Writer Needs to Know (12th ed., Nolo 2014). KF2995 .F53 2014.
• MN Find a Lawyer: I have an idea I want to protect; what do I do?
• Public Domain: How to find & use free content for your website, book, app, music, video, art, and more, 8th ed. - Fishman, Stephen - NOLO - KF3022 .F575 2017.
• Patent, copyright & trademark - Richard Stim KF2980 .E44 2016.
• Search copyright information for works registered and documents recorded by the U.S. Copyright Office since January 1, 1978.
• Understanding Copyright Law, 6th ed. - Leaffer, Marshall A. - KF2994 .L43 2014.
• What's Wrong with Copying? K 1447.15 .D73 2015 (Harvard U. Press, 2015).

Patents

• David Pressman, Patent It Yourself: Your Step-by-step Guide to Filing at the U.S. Patent Office, 16th ed. (Nolo, 2018). Self Help Collection KF3114.85 .P74 2018.
• Patent Law Treatises

Trademark

• Stephen Elias, Trademark: Legal Care for Your Business & Product Name, 9th ed. (Nolo, 2010). Self Help Collection KF3180.Z9 E43 2010.
• Trademark Treatises

Intellectual Property 

• Merchant & Gould, A Guide to Intellectual Property Protection (MN Dept. of Employment & Economic Development 2015). KF2979. G84 2015.
• Intellectual Property Treatises

Doing Business in Arts and Entertainment

• Burr, Sherri. Entertainment Law in a Nutshell, 4th ed. (2017). KF4290 .B87 2017.
• DuBoff, Leonard & Burt P. Krages, II. Law (in plain English) for Writers, 4th ed. (Sphinx Pub., 2005). KF 390 .A96 D83 2005.
• DuBoff, Leonard et al., Art Law in a Nutshell, 5th ed. (2017). KF4288 .D83 2017.
• Fishman, Stephen. Legal Guide to Web & Software Development, 5th ed. (Nolo, 2007). Self Help Collection KF390.5 .C6 F567 2007.
• Frascogna, Xavier et al., Entertainment Law for the General Practitioner. (ABA, 2011). KF4290 .F73 2011.
• Stim, Richard. The Craft Artist's Legal Guide. (Nolo, 2010). KF390.A69 S748 2010.
• Stim, Richard. Music Law: How to Run Your Band's Business, 7th ed. (Nolo Press, 2012). KF390.E57 2012.

Sports

• Champion, Walter T. Sports Law in a Nutshell, 5th ed. (2017). KF3989 .C48 2017.
  

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