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Like all sites, this site is perpetually "under construction." It is intended to serve authors, and incidentally publishers and agents interested in a pro-author perspective.

This site has no ad revenue; no sale of "endorsements"; no use or (as all too common) misuse of personal data; no hidden agendas. A few principles:

Enforcing strong moral rights (droits moral or droits d'auteur) for authors and other content creators serves the long-term interests of the creators, their publishers, and the public
Money flows toward the content creator
The people who should make decisions concerning content use are those who create and use the content, with advice from professionals and marketers—not the other way around

Site News

Martha Ivery's sentencing is delayed a month
Discussion of PublishAmerica, a deceptive vanity publishing operation
My blawg (blog relating to legal issues), Scrivener's Error

Selected Appearances

Live

Illinois State Bar Association, 28 April 2005, Chicago—Continuing legal education seminar on publishing contracts (joint presentation with the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America)
2004 World Science Fiction Convention (Boston)—presentations on internet piracy; legal issues for writers and artists; literary scams; and a variety of other subjects
WindyCon (Chicago)—presentations on intellectual property and other matters of interest, November 2003 and 2004
Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, 27 March 2002, Indiana Bar Center—Continuing legal education seminar on copyright issues for the internet and small businesses on the internet
2002 World Science Fiction Convention (San Jose)—presentations on basics of intellectual property; legal issues for writers and artists; literary scams; legal aspects of fan websites; the DMCA; publishing contracts; and military aspects of science fiction and fantasy
2001 World Science Fiction Convention (Philadelphia)—presentations on literary scams, electronic publishing and piracy, current issues in publishing contracts, and a variety of other subjects
2000 World Science Fiction Convention (Chicago)—presentations on literary scams, copyright and the internet, and a variety of academic subjects

Media

The Diane Rehm Show, 30 June 2005 (RealPlayer download)—WAMU-AM radio (Washington, DC)—self-publishing pitfalls; follow-up comments
MGM v. Grokster: The Supreme Court's Ruling, 27 June 2005—IT Conversations—30mb MP3 download
MGM v. Grokster, 25 August 2004—IT Conversations—12mb MP3 download

Forthcoming

WindyCon (Chicago)—presentations on intellectual property and other matters of interest
Others to be announced when appropriate

Site Index

The Scrivener's Error blawg
Copyright resources

Literary scams

Agents
Editors
Publishers
Printing

Resources for Writers

Books on Writing
Magazines for Writers

Forthcoming items are not linked

—Charlie Petit
cepetit@scrivenerserror.com

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Ritual Disclaimer

This website contains legal commentary, but it is only general commentary. It does not constitute legal advice for your situation. It does not create an attorney-client relationship or any other expectation of confidentiality, nor is it an offer of representation.