John L. Geiger is a screenwriter and intellectual property attorney in Los Angeles with thirty-plus years of litigation and transactional experience representing a broad variety of entertainment professionals including screenwriters, producers, directors, and actors.  Howard Suber has taught generations of screenwriters, directors, producers, and film scholars during his more than fifty years at UCLA’s celebrated film school. He has also been a consultant and expert witness for Hollywood studios and networks on copyright and creative control matters.

• AcknowledgmentsDisclaimerIntroduction1. Free for the Taking: What You Can Steal from Others,and What Others Can Steal from You2. Clearance Required: What You DoNeed Permission to Use3. Collaboration4. Selling to Others and Implied-in-Fact Contracts5. Copyright Infringement6. Your Legal Team7. Confessions of an Expert Witness: Free for the TellingEpilogue: Creativity and CopyrightAppendix A. Copyright FundamentalsAppendix B. Collaboration ProblemsNotesIndex

"A screenwriter seeking a basic understanding of the most important legal issues that pertain to the field will likely find Creativity and Copyright useful and readable."