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In Praise of the Title Verso

Velocity of Content

He recently wrote for Publishing Perspectives about his professional obsession with this “most boring bit of any book.” On every title verso , “all rights reserved” will appear. Charkin tells me why these three words are so important to authors and to publishers. All rights reserved means all rights reserved.

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Proper Copyright Notice

Erik K Pelton

The following is an edited transcript of my video Proper Copyright Notice. The reason is that while some copyright protection attaches automatically when a work is created and published, much better protection is automatically created under the law when you attach that proper copyright notice. Pelton & Associates, PLLC.

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Protecting Commercial AI Rights Is Harder Than You Think – EU Edition

Velocity of Content

In the quaint days of 2019, when the EU issued its Digital Single Market Copyright Directive (DSM) , much attention was focused on issues such as a news publishersright and the obligations of platforms to take down infringing materials. What about the words “all rights reserved?” Is a copyright notice sufficient?

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