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A patchwork of state laws known as the right of publicity protects the image and name of a person. These laws protect against the unauthorized use of a person’s name or image for commercial purposes—for example, the use of your picture on a box of cereal. The extent of this protection varies from state to state.
Federal copyright law protects original creative works such as paintings, writing, architecture, movies, software, photos, dance, and music. A work must meet certain minimum requirements to qualify for copyright protection The length of protection also varies depending on when the work was created or first published.
Obtaining copyright permission is the process of getting consent from a copyright owner to use the owner’s creative material. Obtaining permission is often called “licensing”; when you have permission, you have a license to use the work.
The 7th edition is updated with summaries of recent copyright and fair use cases, as well as dozens of real-life questions from the “Dear Rich” permissions blog, Dear Rich: Nolo's Patent, Copyright & Trademark Blog.
Expect getting permission to take anywhere from one to three months. Permission should be obtained before you complete your work.
EXAMPLE: Sam is writing a book and asks for permission to reproduce Tom’s photo. Tom quotes Sam a fee of $100, which Sam sends to Tom. After receiving the payment, Tom sends the photograph to Sam. Although they never put an agreement into writing, a permission agreement may be inferred from Tom’s conduct.
If no license has been given, the copyright owner can sue for the unauthorized use of the work, referred to as “infringement.”. The terms “license” and “permission agreement” are often used interchangeably.
Robert Ginnett is an independent consultant specializing in the leader- ship of high-performance teams and organizations. He is the developer of the Team Leadership Model,© which provides the theoretical framework for many interventions in organizations where teamwork is critical.
Bennis and Goldsmith4 described four qualities of leadership that engender trust: vision, empathy, consistency, and integrity. First, we tend to trust leaders who create a compelling vision: who pull people to- gether on the basis of shared beliefs and a common sense of organiza- tional purpose and belonging.
On the social side, Erickson launched a project called the 2,080 program (2,080 is the total number of hours a full-time employee works in one year).