Why You Should Send a Cease-and-Desist Letter if Someone Stole Your Copyright

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Why You Should Send a Cease-and-Desist Letter if Someone Stole Your Copyright If you’re an artist, a writer, a songwriter, or a musician, you may already be familiar with obtaining copyright protection for your work. In fact, as soon as your work is recorded in a tangible form, it’s automatically copyrighted in the U.S. If you want to ensure that …

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Ask Cari: What Laws Affect Agriculture and Livestock Photographers / Videographers?

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Here is a presentation that I did on the topic for an upcoming lecture at Purdue on the topic: Laws that Apply to Agriculture Photographers and Videographers from Cari Rincker

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So What About Those Farm Pictures? The Legal Side of Farm Photography

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I wrote an article recently on the legal side of farm photography, which can be accessed from my JD Supra page here.  The article gives a brief overview of the law of photography and the need for a model release and/or property release in some circumstances.  Happy reading!

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Ask Cari: Can I Copyright that Recipe?

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Dear Cari,  I am writing a cookbook and developing some of my own recipes.  Do I have copyright protection with my recipes? Ann. M.  Dear Ann: To answer your question, one must first look at what can be copyrighted.  Under the U.S. Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 102, copyright applies only to “original works of authorship fixed in any tangible …

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Overview of Copyrights

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Copyright is a form of intellectual property protection provided to the authors of “original works of authorship,” including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works, both published and unpublished. Any expression, however, once written down in unique form, qualifies for copyright protection. Copyright protection comes into being as soon as an expression is recorded in some manner (in …

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“Fridays with Cari” Webinar Series Kicks Off Today

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I’m excited for my new webinar series titled “Fridays with Cari.”  I will be discussing a variety of agriculture issues with my Friday webinar series ranging from livestock animal cruelty law to estate planning.  I believe that legal information should be affordable for everyone in the food and agriculture industry and I hope that my webinars will be educational to …

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ABA Journal & Blawg Directory

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I have two very exciting announcements today.  First, this month’s  ABA Journal has an article on yours truly!  You can read the full article here. I’m very proud to be one of the few cowgirls in NYC (and I think the only agriculture attorney).  Thank you to all my family, friends, colleagues, support staff, “ag tweeps” and regular blog readers …

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