"Provides all of the information and forms to protect written works under copyright law. The 11th edition includes the latest changes to copyright law plus new information on the registration process and options to file electronically"--Provided by publisher.

Includes index.

Copyright basics -- Copyright notice -- Copyright registration -- Correcting or changing copyright notice or registration -- What copyright protects -- Adaptations and compilations -- Initial copyright ownership -- Transferring copyright ownership -- Copyright duration -- Using other authors' words -- Copyright infringement : what it is, what to do about it, how to avoid it -- International copyright protection -- Copyright and taxation -- Obtaining copyright permissions -- Help beyond this book.