Webinar Description

This webinar is an informative and engaging presentation tailored specifically for writers and independent publishers who want straightforward, clear, and concise answers to the most common and pressing legal issues in the publishing industry.

As an added bonus, registrants can select the "book included" option and receive an autographed copy of Literary Law Guide for Authors: Copyright, Trademark, and Contracts in Plain Language for the discounted price of $15 PLUS free shipping.

 Topics sure to be covered include:

• how copyright is created and protected
• what is considered a fair use in print and on the Internet
• what can and cannot be copyrighted
• how legally to refer to real people, places, and events in one’s own work
• the real deal about the myth of the Poor Man’s copyright
• and the critical timing of when to register your work with the Copyright Office. 

Plus, Tonya will field webinar participant questions during the Q&A.

About the Instructor

Tonya M. Evans, is Assistant Professor of Law at Widener University School of Law and an attorney specializing in the areas of literary law, intellectual property (copyright and trademark), among other areas of law.

She is the former Chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Sports, Entertainment and Art Law Committee, and has served as an adjunct professor of copyright, publishing and licensing at York College of Pennsylvania.

She is a nationally recognized speaker who presents to various audiences regularly on publishing and intellectual property law and estate planning issues.

Professor Evans, known affectionately as "Lawyer by Day, Poet by Night" is also a performance poet and writer, and the author of numerous award-winning books, including Contracts Companion for Writers; Copyright Companion for Writers;Literary Law Guide for Authors: Copyright, Trademark, and Contracts in Plain Language; Seasons of Her and SHINE! Her short story, Not Tonight appears in an anthology titled Proverbs for the People, published by Kensington.