This Should Register With You -- Register Your Creative Works for Copyright
Should one register their creative works for copyright with the U.S Copyright Office? Yes, absolutely, no question! Paul explains why.
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Paul I. Menes
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Using Music In Your Social Can Create A Very Sad Song (for You or the Brand)
Music is an often indispensable component of creating compelling online content. It can set the tone or mood, drive the narrative, or...
Paul I. Menes
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Copyright Infringement May Now Be “Embedded” In Your Posts
How insane is this? Influencers and other celebrities keep getting sued for copyright infringement for posting pictures and videos of...
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Face The Possibilities – Can Copyright Protect Your Makeup Art?
We don’t refer to makeup artists as “artists” for nothing. They truly are artists, whose palettes are the almost unlimited types of...
Paul I. Menes
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Life (and Death) Happens When You’re Making Other Plans
My oldest and closest friend used to say: “Our time on Earth is the vacation, so we better enjoy all of it. When we die, we go back to...
Paul I. Menes
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What’s In a Name? Everything If You’re an Influencer, Actor, or Other Public Figure
I’ve always recommended that my talent clients, be they influencers, actors, or musicians, register their professional names for...
Paul I. Menes
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No Ifs, Ands, or Bots! Bot Use Disclosure Is Mandatory in California
As anyone who shops or interacts online knows, many product and service providers offer messaging options that allow visitors to ask...
Paul I. Menes
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Under The Influence-Cannabusinesses Can Smoke Out New Customers Through Social Influencer Marketing
Cannabis and its related industries continue their explosive growth in the U.S. More states are legalizing cannabis or have pending...
Paul I. Menes
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Want Your Podcast to Be Cast Away? Then Know the Rules for Using Music In Podcasts.
Podcasts were growing in popularity before the pandemic, with some of the more popular ones, like “Smartless”, “The Joe Rogan...
Paul I. Menes
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When It Comes to Posting Your Photos, Ask Permission, Not Forgiveness.
There’s a theory to which my sweetheart subscribes: “Ask forgiveness, not permission”. While I generally agree, it doesn’t apply to...
Paul I. Menes
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Pay Or Play - Do You Need a License to Play Music In Your Store, Bar or Restaurant?
So, pre-COVID, a guy walks into a bar and complements the owner on the music coming out of the bar’s sound system. The bar owner thanks...
Paul I. Menes
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Great News for Influencers and Bloggers! It's Now Easy and Inexpensive to Protect Your Content.
You work hard to frequently create original, authentic, and compelling content for your channel, blog or other social. You want your...
Paul I. Menes
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Your Start-Up Will Stall If It Doesn't Own It's IP.
As I’ve emphasized in other writings, the single most important asset of any business is its intellectual property (“IP”). Sure, good...
Paul I. Menes
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Influencers, Use Your Influence to Save Lives!
According to several recent articles and advisories I’ve read quoting infectious disease specialists, including from the U.S. Centers for...
Paul I. Menes
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Virtually Sustainable? The Current Viability of Virtual Influencers
Virtual influencers (“VI”), those creations of CGI and artificial intelligence (“AI”), were the rage and “next big thing” in influencers...
Paul I. Menes
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Fyre Fest Scandal Reignites, and Influencer Agencies, Management and PR Firms Are Getting Burned
Earlier this year, I wrote an article for Entrepreneur magazine about the now-infamous Fyre Festival. Among other topics, the article...
Paul I. Menes
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“Dilbert” On Contracts
As those of you who know me well, or have caught my article or presentations on it, I’m evangelical about writing and revising contracts...
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