Category Archives: Publishing Law

Once you have chosen an executor and written (and signed!) your will or trust, your estate planning job isn’t finished. An author usually knows where his or her work is located and/or sold, and who controls the publishing rights. But … Continue reading →

Today we continue our #PubLaw estate planning workshop with a look at choosing the right literary executor. Although your general executor (or, in the case of a trust, trustee) can also handle intellectual property and copyrights as well as standard … Continue reading →

Today’s #PubLaw Wednesday post takes a closer look at how to choose an executor (or trustee) to manage your copyrights and other intellectual property after death. After your death, your copyrights will be owned by your heirs or beneficiaries. These … Continue reading →

Welcome back to our continuing series on author estate planning. Today we begin our look at the nuts and bolts of bequeathing copyrights and other intellectual property rights in a will or trust. The distributive language (meaning the language which … Continue reading →

Last week’s #PubLaw post talked a little about wills in the author estate plan. Today, we’ll look at the second common estate planning device: the trust. In many places, having a trust allows your estate to bypass probate. This, in … Continue reading →

For works created after January 1, 1978, U.S. copyright protection lasts for the life of the author plus 70 years. (Corporate copyrights and anonymous works receive protection for 95 years from publication or 120 years from creation, whichever expires first.) … Continue reading →