The Law (in Plain English) for Photographers

Description

The revisions for this third edition cover key digital issues, such as the Copyright Office's new online registration process; post-9/11 rules for shooting in "sensitive" environments; and updates to right of privacy laws. Not only can this book save thousands in attorney's fees, it also explains how to find good legal assistance when necessary. Readers will find information on: --censorship and obscenity --the rights of privacy and publicity --organizing as a business --tax deductions for the home office --relevant court cases --photography organizations --releases, contracts, and other forms

Leonard D. DuBoff is the founder of the DuBoff Law Group, PC. He graduated magna cum laude from Hofstra University with a degree in engineering and summa cum laude from Brooklyn Law School, where he was the research editor of the Brooklyn Law Review. He was a professor of law for almost a quarter of a century, teaching first at Stanford Law School and then at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon. He lives in Portland, Oregon. Sarah J. Tugman graduated from Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, and magna cum laude from Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon. She has maintained a private civil practice for the past thirty-three years in Anchorage, Alaska, and she is of counsel to the DuBoff Law Group. She is the coauthor, with Leonard D. DuBoff, of several books in the Law (in Plain English)(R) series. She lives in Lincoln City, Oregon.

"Lives up to its plain English billing without dumbing down explanations of complex intellectual property, copyright, privacy, and licensing issues ... An especially good section on estate planning will help commercial and art photographers take steps to preserve the value of their work for the future." --"Library Journal"