Cease and Desist Letter re Copyright Infringement | USA

When original art or photos for publication, protect your copyright in the work by having the publisher or editor sign this Acknowledgement of Copyright in Artwork at the time you submit the work.

• The publisher / editor acknowledges that you are the owner of the copyright.
• The publisher / editor agrees that the work will not be used for any purpose other than for the publication.

Don't run the risk of losing your rights in your own work. Always get the Acknowledgement of Copyright in Artwork signed when you submit original art to any person, firm or website.

Assign copyright of a musical composition back to the songwriter under a reversion clause with this Assignment of Copyright form.

• Some songwriter contracts contain a reversion provision, which gives the songwriter the right to repurchase copyright to one or more songs or compositions for a specified sum after a certain length of time or on certain conditions.
• If that happens, the music publisher must reassign the copyright back to the songwriter.
• This is a digital template that you can download, customize, and re-use as often as you like.
• The Assignment (Reversion) of Copyright to Songwriter form can be used in both Canada and the United States.

Prepare an Assignment of Copyright in a written work by the author using this easy template.

• The author assigns to a third party (such as a publisher) all of the author's worldwide rights in copyright in a specified written work.
• The author retains a personal license to use extracts from the work, but the author must obtain the assignee's permission before using all or a large portion of the work.
• The author indemnifies the assignee against any infringement claims resulting from publication of the work.

Every publisher - print or digital - should have an Assignment of Copyright form available for authors to sign when dealing with any copyrighted work. Get yours now.

Under the terms of this USA Music Copyright License & Royalty Agreement, a music publisher gives a record company the right to use copyrighted music.

• In return for getting the rights to record the songs / compositions, the record company pays the publisher a royalty on each sale of the recording.
• The license is only for music products manufactured and sold in the United States.
• The record company must provide quarterly statements and royalty payments to the publisher.

If you're a music publisher in the USA, you need to have the Music Copyright License & Royalty Agreement as part of your contract templates.