CHARACTER CREATION & THE LAW EBOOK
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Characters are a gray area of law. Original Characters that are visual like cartoons have different legal considerations than those that are based on real people.
This original thesis by Frank Kermit is an analysis on mass media culture, audiences and the legal status of characters from a historical perspective to present day legal considerations.
Did you know that the well known and beloved characters that inhabit our stories, movies and television shows fall into a gray area of the law?
This book is a perfect gift for writers, producers, animators, and other creative people, working in Canada and the United States of America, because it contains everything that is essential to know about copyright as it relates to characters and offers a little information on character royalties
Know your legal rights!
Learn how to protect the characters you create!
You'll get ALL of the following information in this 207 page digital Ebook:
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*P.S. Many coaches use the term "For Entertainment Purposes Only" to write and say whatever they want without any legal repercussions. Even reviews of their own products and services! Frank Kermit does not hide behind entertainment purposes. The advice in this book is 100% AUTHENTIC.
P.S.S. There's going to be a lot of spelling mistakes in this book. You might be wondering "Why?" Because Frank writes his own books and does not hire any "ghostwriters" to do his work, unlike other coaches out there. Frank is no marketer by any stretch of the imagination! But this also means his writing is 100% honest material.
(Note: Read the reviews below of those who have found positive change reading this book)
This original thesis by Frank Kermit is an analysis on mass media culture, audiences and the legal status of characters from a historical perspective to present day legal considerations.
Did you know that the well known and beloved characters that inhabit our stories, movies and television shows fall into a gray area of the law?
This book is a perfect gift for writers, producers, animators, and other creative people, working in Canada and the United States of America, because it contains everything that is essential to know about copyright as it relates to characters and offers a little information on character royalties
Know your legal rights!
Learn how to protect the characters you create!
You'll get ALL of the following information in this 207 page digital Ebook:
- How to define a Character as part of the structure, as part of a simulation, and as a form of property
- How to academically definition of Audience, and the Audience/Affect Relationship
- Discussing the 2 components of every character
- Exploring the character creation process (both the character first and the story line first) and how it relates to the law
- The Character Delineation Test
- The Story Being Told Test
- Defining characters in a new way to help protect them
- Explaining the concept of intellectual property, Characters and the Copyright Acts and International Copyright
- How to establish character ownership
- The difference between the Author, the Owner and the Creator
- When characters are created by a joint creation (more than one person) , a Work-for-Hire, Service Contracts and Spec-Script
- Learn what is Fair Copying/Fair Use and how do Parodies work
- What is the Public Domain and how does it affect creators today
- What are copyright extensions and how does these new rights granted affect the public domain
- Discover Rights of Adaptation and Derivative Works including Moral Rights and Droit Moral
- Know how to navigate People-Linked Characters and the Law such as Neighboring Rights, Personal Rights, Of Privacy Law, Defamation, Libel and Slander, Life Story Rights, the Right of Publicity & Right of Personality
- Learn about Characters created for Industries and businesses and get an understanding of Trademarks, Unfair Competition, and Merchandising
- A look at academic arguments of use of characters from a moral property argument, a labor argument, and the public good.
- How character use must comply with Respectful Consumer Protection, Absolution Disclaimers and Respecting an Authors' Moral Rights
- An entire bonus section on the Different Categories of Character Types and the Law including Fictional, Literary, Graphic, People-Linked, Historical Person, Performance Art characters and more.
- Another entire bonus section of a Character Definition Checklist to help you protect the characters you create
BUY IT RIGHT NOW USING THE ADD TO CART BUTTON BELOW!
*P.S. Many coaches use the term "For Entertainment Purposes Only" to write and say whatever they want without any legal repercussions. Even reviews of their own products and services! Frank Kermit does not hide behind entertainment purposes. The advice in this book is 100% AUTHENTIC.
P.S.S. There's going to be a lot of spelling mistakes in this book. You might be wondering "Why?" Because Frank writes his own books and does not hire any "ghostwriters" to do his work, unlike other coaches out there. Frank is no marketer by any stretch of the imagination! But this also means his writing is 100% honest material.
(Note: Read the reviews below of those who have found positive change reading this book)
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Interview on CopyrightCheck Out this interview from
Know Your Rights w/ Ted Wright about Characters and Copyright |
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No persons have ever been paid for any testimonials or reviews.
Some have been edited for grammar, spelling, and clarity of message.
Peshty The Bear - Performed and Co-created by Frank
Peter Kiss
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This is to verify that Frank was Media Consultant to PM Productions in January - February 1998 as Mascot co-creator and performer for the Hungarian Masquerade Ball with "Hungarians Here & There" HHT radio program. Frank helped in the creation, naming and characterization of the Mascot "Pesty (Peshty) the Bear" as well as performing the Bear during Pesty's Official Premiere at the Hungarian Masquerade Ball of February 28, 1998. (He) was a crowd pleaser of the evening and won one of the award prizes of the night. |
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When I set out to read Character Creation & The Law, I imagined it would be a dry, boring, perhaps tedious lingo-jargon-laden read. How exciting could copyright law be? I was pleased to discover, however, that I was wrong.
It turned out to be an illuminating and fascinating read.
I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to make a living creating characters, or to anyone considering a career in media and entertainment. It is well researched and documented, well written and articulate, and surprisingly the information is very accessible.
-Review by George M., Montreal, Canada
I was always interested in entertainment through TV and cinema, especially sitcoms and comedy movies. Since I don't originally come from North America, it was always fascinating to see how certain characters penetrate through all the social barriers of a foreign country and become popular outside English-speaking regions.
Frank's book explores the issues I've pondered upon, and has introduced me to many more interesting ideas.
What I liked about this book is that the ideas are very original and well-developed.
Furthermore, there are many references to other books on the subject, so I knew that the research was done properly, and leaves space for more exploration.
I would recommend this book to any student doing research on the media, as well as anyone like me, who is interested in the subject matter on characters and/or legal issues in relation to them.
-Review by Ivan, Montreal, Canada
This is an amiable read which deals with one of the most interesting and intellectually rich areas of contemporary media/culture theory. The author's grasp of copyright and trademark law is convincing, and his ability to delineate differences between Canadian and US law especially strong. The cases he invokes to support or clarify arguments are interesting and not always predictable.
The core of this read is its discussion of the public domain, and of shifting doctrines about the public domain in current copyright statue revision. I was impressed by the author's grasp of the variety of ways in which public relate to popular culture, and of the legal challenges posed by each. In its current form, it is a work of considerable accomplishment requiring a little more care in its execution.
-Review by William Straw Ph.D.
McGill University
I think that this is an interesting read, focusing on an area that is increasingly important in the area of media law, cultural production, and the cultural industries. The role that characters play in popular culture and their increasing uncertain status in the regime of communications law and policy is intriguing. This read...offers some interesting conclusions and suggestions.
The author has done a very good job of wading through the quagmire of intellectual property law, and making his material accessible to the lay reader. There has been an incredible amount of progress and development made on this project and I think that it has become an interesting, coherent and well done project.
The area is difficult and this project raises and analyses all fo the most significant issues surrounding it.
-Review by Sheryl Hamilton, Ph.D.
McGill University
