This morning my young male seahorse, Moya, discovered a piece of mysis that had floated away from the feeding station and lodged on the rocks. His body language needed no translation: Baby grapes appearing on the vines in the neighborhood garden I pass on my evening walks: And the gentle tickle of a cleaner shrimp as it tries to clean me instead of the fish and corals: And don’t forget to pass it on..or share your observations in the comments. I’d love to know…what simple joy did YOU experience today?
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Who Owns a Derivative Work?
People often ask me about derivative works (and who owns them) so today I’m turning the spotlight on that topic. The United States Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. Section 101) defines a “derivative work” as: A work based upon one or more pre-existing works, such as a translation, musical arrangement, dramatization, fictionalization, motion picture version, sound recording, art reproduction, abridgment, condensation, or any other form in which a work may be recast, transformed, or adapted. A work consisting of editorial revisions, annotations, elaborations, or other modifications which, as a whole, represent an original work of authorship, is a “derivative work.” In
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