Write/Right: Law for Writers Column Online Archive
Since 2018, Edmonton lawyer Jeananne Kirwin, K.C., has contributed a legal column for each issue of WestWord Magazine.
With her permission, we are pleased to post this continuing archive of those articles.
Please note: The information in these articles is of a general nature only. It does not constitute legal advice or create a solicitor-client relationship. The reader should seek advice from a lawyer pertaining to any particular fact situation.
Write/Right: Law for Writers:
- 2018, January-March: LET’S ADVOCATE FOR COPYRIGHT LAW CHANGE
- 2018, April-June: SHAKING THINGS UP
- 2018, July-September: TIME TO WALK THE COPYRIGHT TALK
- 2018, October-December: SUPPORT REAL ARTISTS, NOT RIP-OFF ARTISTS
- 2019, January-March: A CASE STUDY ON HOW LAW IMPACTS A LITERARY WORK
- 2019, April-June: MUD SPLATTERS AND COMMON SENSE
- 2019, July-September: IS THE WRITING COMMUNITY UNDER SIEGE?
- 2019, October-December: PRIVACY AND PUBLICITY: FLIP SIDES OF THE SAME COIN
- 2020, January-March: CAN TECHNOLOGY BE HARNESSED TO REWARD WRITERS?
- 2020, April-June: GOOD NEWS FOR THE CULTURAL COMMUNITY–CUSMA AND COPYRIGHT
- 2020, July-September: COPYRIGHT IN COVID TIMES
- 2020, October-December: FREELANCING WITH A SUIT OF ARMOUR
- 2021, January-March: HOW TO RECOGNIZE SELF-PUBLISHING SCAMS
- 2021, April-June: ©OLLABORATIVE CONSENSUS: Credit, Copyright and Compensation
- 2021, July-September: TAKER BEWARE! When does copying become copyright infringement?
- 2021, October-December: A MISCELLANY OF PRACTICAL COPYRIGHT INFORMATION
- 2022, January-March: FREEDOMS FACE-OFF: EXPRESSION VS. DISCRIMINATION
- 2022, April-June: COPYRIGHT PRIMER PART 1: Protecting your copyright
- 2022, July-September: COPYRIGHT PRIMER PART 2: Publishing agreements
- 2022, October-December: COPYRIGHT PRIMER PART 3: Questions on using the work of others, and copyright relating to digital works
- 2023, January-March: COPYRIGHT PRIMER PART 4: Questions on copyright infringement, pseudonyms and copyright, and copyright ownership
- 2023, April-June: COPYRIGHT IS HOW CREATORS ARE PAID: Writers should care about copyright reform
- 2023: July-September: THE BANNING OF BOOKS: TRUTH IS TROUBLE
- 2023, October-December: THE INTERSECTION OF AI AND COPYRIGHT
- 2024, January-March: SENSITIVITY EDITING: ANOTHER FORM OF CENSORSHIP?
- 2024, April-June: COPYRIGHT LITERACY: A LIFE SKILL
Jeananne K. Kirwin, K.C., an Edmonton lawyer, practices in the areas of intellectual property and corporate/commercial law with an emphasis on trademark and copyright registration and enforcement (kirwinllp.com).