Thursday, April 25, 2013

#GoodLegalAdvice#CoverArt


Ivan Hoffman is a very experienced attorney. Below is some advice worth considering.

Denise




Do you own the rights to the cover art because you have acquired the same from the cover artist via either a work made for hire agreement or an exclusive transfer of all rights?

Have you registered the copyright in the cover art?  Without such registration, you would have to prove damages which may be hard to do and you would not be entitled to statutory damages or attorneys fees.

If you received a “cease and desist” letter from the party and not from an attorney on behalf of the party, would you pay any attention to it?

Don’t take legal advice from non-lawyers.

I do not express or imply any other comments about any other aspect of the post to which this is a reply or about any other posts in this thread.

This reply and any articles referred to in this reply are not legal advice and are not intended as legal advice.  This reply and any articles referred to in this reply are intended to provide only general, non-specific legal information. This reply and any articles referred to in this  reply do not create any attorney client relationship and are not a solicitation.

Ivan Hoffman, B.A., J.D.
Attorney at Law
Lawyering with Integrity.  Proudly in my 40th year of practice.
Entertainment Law, Publishing and Writing Law, Copyrights, Trademarks, Internet Law, Web Design Law, Intellectual Property Law. http://www.ivanhoffman.com

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