The most essential lesson I have learned thru my trials of trying to navigate and understand the internet is to always EDUCATE myself before embarking on a new endeavor! I learned the hard way, that no matter how much you want to believe that people are basically good intended (when offering assistance), there are a few that for their own selfishness will take away from you what they can.
Thus, this leads me to this latest post re copyrights, trademarks and registration.... Valuable tools to know and understand, before taking any steps out there in the virtual universe we call the internet! BEFORE you put anything to paper, promote, advertise, create, whatever it maybe, do your homework and research thoroughly all concepts, ideas, etc so that you will be protected from any misuse of any kind. Success to you, Patricia
Here are some links I have found useful in business and my writing:
OFFICIAL SITES -
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
http://www.uspto.gov
U.S. Copyright Office
http://www.copyright.gov
GENERAL MISC -
Creative Commons license: Protect Your Work
http://creativecommons.org
Copyright Advice & Info
http://www.firstwriter.com/copyright
Copyright Renewal, Copyright Restoration, and the difficulty of determining copyright status
http://blog.librarylaw.com/librarylaw/2008/07/index.html
TradeMark Express
http://www.tmexpress.com/index.php
ARTICLES/TIPS -
10 Big Myths about copyright explained
http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html
Are You Original?
http://www.ryze.com/posttopic.php?topicid=715292&confid=1022
Copyright Law - What Web Businesses Need To Know
http://www.businesshighlight.org/marketing/copyright-law-what-web-businesses-need-to-know.html
The Readers Digest Legal Question & Answer Book
http://www.ryze.com/posttopic.php?topicid=361159&confid=1022
Copyright: What is fair use?
http://www.smartfast.com/enews/ea_copyright_what_is_fair_use.html
