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Artists Legal Primer

I'm discontinuing the primer because I worry that it will, or already has, fallen out of date and is no longer correct. But, you can go to the 'Horses' Mouths' and get the real scoop via these links:

Sources:

US Copyright basics By the Gov'mint
Trademark, by Attorneys Stephen Elias and Kate McGrath , 4th Edition, May '99, Nolo Press
The Copyright Handbook, Attorney Stephen Fishman, 4th Edition, Apr '98, Nolo Press

Other Sources for Information and Help and Advice:

The Nolo Press Website

The Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (Search your state for a chapter, if you're in the USA)

Don't write to me...I'm no lawyer and I'd probably be wrong even if I was one. :)