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Hometown:Alexandria, VA Age: 33 GH Year(s) 2008, 2009 Genre(s): Mystery, YA, Chick Lit Started Writing: 6, but took a hiatus after high school until age 28 Day Job: Attorney |
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What’s So Fair About Fair Use?Posted by Amanda Brice May 7 2012, 12:03 am in copyright, intellectual property I often get questions from writers about their ability to use material in their writing that was obtained from other sources. Maybe you are writing a historical work and want to use other historical works as background. Perhaps your hero and heroine are slow dancing to a popular song, and you want to “show, not tell” by including the lyrics. Or maybe putting a snippet of your favorite poem in italics at the beginning of each chapter is just the effect you need. What if you are criticizing or comparing text written by someone else? For works under copyright, the question of whether you can use portions of the work without being liable for infringement is covered by the doctrine of Fair Use. This doctrine originated in the “common law” (law made by judges) in the United Kingdom in 1740, from which U.S. judges drew to develop the U.S. version of fair use at least as early as 1841. It was not actually codified until Congress passed the 1976 Copyright Act. The Fair Use clause of the Copyright Act says it is fair to use a copyrighted work “for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship or research, without the consent of the copyright owner.” Every fair use case is a question of facts. The test for fair use is very easy to state, but very difficult to apply, and the outcome is even more difficult to predict. Fair use is determined on a case-by-case basis, meaning that if you ask someone, “Would it be fair use to do _______?” the most likely answer you’ll receive is “It depends.” (Get used to that answer. You’ll be hearing it a lot.) Brenda Novak Auction!Posted by Amanda Brice May 2 2012, 12:01 am It’s that time of year again… Get set to bid for a wonderful array of amazing prizes in Brenda Novak’s annual auction FOR THE CURE OF DIABETES. As you probably know, Brenda Novak’s youngest son, Thad, was diagnosed with Type I Diabetes at age 5. There began her personal crusade to fight a disease that [...] Ruby Release: Welcome, Caller, This is Chloe by Shelley CoriellPosted by Amanda Brice May 1 2012, 12:01 am in prize drawing, PRIZES, Ruby Release, Shelley Coriell I’m so ridiculously excited to host the official Ruby Release party for my Ruby Sister (and fellow Pixie Chick!) Shelley Coriell’s sparkling debut YA novel, Welcome, Caller, This is Chloe. I was one of the lucky ones who got to read an ARC, and let me tell you, this book rocks! And no, that’s not [...] Guest Author: Juli AlexanderPosted by Amanda Brice Apr 20 2012, 12:01 am Today we have a special guest, Juli Alexander, author of the fabulous new YA, The Karma Beat. It’s her third release, and I was lucky enough to read an advance copy. And believe me when I say it rocks! Not every seventeen-year-old girl works part time for the U.N.I.V.E.R.S.E., but when you’re a genie, you [...] Guest Author: Marley GibsonPosted by Amanda Brice Apr 12 2012, 12:01 am Today I’m chatting with Marley Gibson, author of the new YA novel, Radiate. Those of you familiar with Marley’s Ghost Huntress series or her ”day job” as the wife of one of America’s top ghost hunters (like for real…how cool is that?), are probably thinking that Radiate is another paranormal YA with a one-word title. (‘Cuz there [...]
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Amanda Brice is an intellectual property attorney living just outside of the nation's capitol. A lawyer in DC? No, there are none of those.
