Gryphon Publishing Consulting, LLC

It was a VERY full spring here at GPC, with a lot of exciting new client work, some travel, and lots of meetings. In April, we attended our second Independent Book Publishers Association Conference, this time in Austin, TX. While there, we presented a seminar on international rights & licensing to an overflowing crowd! We had lots of good questions and conversations there, and we're already looking forward to next year's conference! Early spring and into May saw one of our mo

Artists find inspiration virtually anywhere: the world itself provides queues to messages and stories that need to be told through photography, art, poetry and literature. An existing work might spark a new work or even inspire a statement or criticism of that original work, but artists, photographers and writers need to be aware when their adaptation might indeed cross the line into infringement. A recent article appearing in CNN chronicled one recent case. The artist in que

It might seem basic common sense, but more often than not, clients are surprised when I remind them that they need to ensure they have proper permission for reuse of materials, as well as making certain that the rights holder receives proper credit. This is important for many reasons, the least of them so that the reader or observer of the material can refer back to the original source material if they so wish. I came across this the other day in my readings, and found the cr

I have lost count of how many times I have heard the statement "If it's on the internet, it's free to use." The truth is, copyright vests with the creator at the time of creation in a fixed format. No special registrations are necessary. This applies to all content: from photographs to books, artwork to websites (like this one). All content is protected by copyright as soon as it is set in a particular format. It's not copyrighted when it's sitting in your head (as an idea),