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    The Law (in Plain English) for Writers (Fifth Edition)

    By Leonard DuBoff and Sarah Tugman

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    About this ebook

  • Leonard DuBoff is a prolific author; he has written several books as well as articles for scholarly journals, lawyers’ bar publications, magazines, and more.

  • This new edition includes: updated coverage on the intricacies of free speech, privacy, and defamation laws; changes in copyright law, procedures, and recent cases on copyright protection and infringement; updated Internet sources; and revised chapters on writing as a business.

  • The fourth edition (Sphinx Publishing, 2005) sold over 4,000 copies.

    • LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAllworth Press
    Release dateApr 3, 2018
    ISBN9781621536291
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