"While copyright may seem like a mystery full of pitfalls, it is actually quite easy to understand--as Lee Wilson demonstrates in The Copyright Guide, Fourth Edition. This resource explains everything you need to know to make copyright work for you, including how to license your copyrights, how to acquire the right to use the works of others, what copyright infringement is, how to protect your works from infringement, and how to avoid infringing on the works of others... In plain language with scores of real-life examples, this newly updated edition addresses important issues in copyright, including: How to secure copyright protection without a lawyer; What constitutes copyright infringement; How copyright law applies to new media; When parody is really infringement; How to handle copyright trolls."--Publisher's description.