Copyright, Libel, and
Invasion of Privacy
Abrams, Howard. The Law of Copyright. New York: Clark Boardman, 1989.
Authors’ Guild Web site, at www.authorsguild.org, offers extremely valuable advice for negotiating a publishing contract and other useful information, but the highly regarded Authors’ Guild model contract, written in the author’s favor, is not posted, being officially available only to members of the Guild. Membership is open only to professional authors meeting Guild standards of publication.
The Chicago Manual of Style. 15th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003.
Goldstein, Norm, ed. The Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual. Rev. ed. New York: Addison-Wesley, 1998.
Goldstein, Paul. Copyright: Principles, Laws, and Practices. Boston: Little Brown, 1989.
Nimmer, Melville. Cases and Materials on Copyright. St. Paul MN: West, 1985.
Patry, William F The Fair Use Privilege in Copyright Law. Washington DC: BNA Books, 1985.
Perle, E. Gabriel, and John Taylor Williams, Publishing Law Handbook. 2nd ed. Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice-Hall Law and Business Books, 1992.
Sanford, Bruce W. Libel and Privacy: The Prevention and Defense of Litigation. Clifton NJ: Law and Business Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985.
________. Synopsis of the Law of Libel and the Right of Privacy. Scripps-Howard Newspapers and Scripps-Howard Broadcasting, n.d. Recommended by UPI stylebook for further information.
Strong, William S. The Copyright Book: A Practical Guide. 5th ed. Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 1999.
United Press International, UPI Stylebook: The Authoritative Handbook for Writers, Editors and News Directors. 3rd ed. Lincolnwood IL: National Textbook Company, 1992.
United States Copyright Office Web site, www.loc.gov/copyright, offers a host of information including its Circular 1, “Copyright Basics”; copyright forms that you can print out or fill out online; and testimony and news of current copyright matters.
The Copyright Office mailing address is:
Register of Copyrights
U.S. Copyright Office
Library of Congress
101 Independence Avenue
Washington DC 20559-6000
The U.S. Copyright Public Information Office telephone number is (202) 707–5959.
Weinstein, David A. How to Protect Your Creative Work: All You Need to Know about Copyright. New York: Wiley and Sons, 1987.