Copyright and Permissions
Published on 8. December 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
64 pages
978-1-880407-23-3 (ISBN)
Description
Elsa Peterson has more than twenty years of experience as a freelance permissions editor in addition to having been copyright administrator for European American Music Distributors Corporation, She wrote this book with the aim of covering the essentials of copyright as they relate to writers and editors. It is especially intended for those who work on a freelance basis, because they can't rely on a corporate legal department to keep them out of trouble when it comes to copyright. The book also hold a wealth of information for those who are interested in working as freelance permissions editors as well as those who may be in a position to hire permissions editors. In addition to working with intellectual property, Elsa is also a freelance picture researcher and developmental editor. She holds a BA with highest honors in music from the University of California at Riverside and an MA in music history from Case Western Reserve University.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight
108 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-880407-23-3 (9781880407233)
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Elsa Peterson began working with intellectual property in the early 1980s when she was copyright administrator for European American Music Distributors Corporation. Her most recent in-house position was as a Senior Developmental Editor for Psychology with McGraw-Hill Higher Education. She has more than thirty years of experience as a freelance permissions editor, picture researcher, and developmental editor. Additionally, she has taught classes in copyright for Greenwich (CT) Continuing Education and the Editorial Freelancers Association's education program, and has presented talks on copyright and permissions through the Text and Academic Authors Association. Elsa holds a BA with highest honors in music from the University of California at Riverside and an MA in music history from Case Western Reserve University.