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| Your Legal Companion | |
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| Pricing and Selling | |
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| The Pricing Dilemma: How Much Do You Charge? | |
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| Selling Wholesale | |
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| Selling Retail | |
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| Selling at Crafts Shows | |
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| Selling on Consignment | |
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| Custom Orders | |
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| Shipping and Delays | |
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| Returns and Refunds | |
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| Ten Tips for Collecting Past-Due Accounts | |
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| Selling and Buying Outside the U.S | |
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| Your Studio | |
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| Working From Home | |
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| Finding the Right Space at the Right Price | |
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| Studio Safety | |
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| Going Online | |
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| Where Do You Start? | |
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| Free Stuff | |
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| Invoice Customers and Get Paid Online | |
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| Battle of the Community Stores: Etsy vs. eBay | |
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| Earn Money With Google Adsense | |
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| The (Very) Basics of Driving Traffic to Your Crafts Site | |
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| How to Build a Website in 24 Hours | |
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| Basic Legal Rules When Going Online | |
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| Hiring Workers and Sales Reps | |
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| Employee vs. Independent Contractor-What's the Difference? | |
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| Ten Tips When Hiring Family Members | |
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| Statutory Employees | |
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| Firing Workers | |
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| Works Made for Hire | |
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| When Workers Learn Your Crafts Secrets | |
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| Hiring Sales Reps | |
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| Business Forms & Legal Liability | |
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| Personal Liability: What Is It? | |
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| The Business Entity as Shield | |
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| Sole Proprietorship | |
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| Partnership | |
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| LLC vs. Corporation-What's the Difference? | |
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| The Cooperative | |
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| Other Ways to Limit Liability | |
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| The Need for Basic Insurance | |
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| Assess and Reduce Your Risks | |
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| Product Liability | |
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| Protecting Appearances With Copyright | |
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| How a Copyright Protects You | |
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| What Type of Work Qualifies for Copyright | |
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| Photographs of Your Crafts Work | |
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| Do You Need to Register With the Copyright Office? | |
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| Choosing Whether to Register Your Works in Groups | |
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| Filing a Copyright Application | |
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| Posting a Copyright Notice on Your Work | |
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| Getting Permission to Use Someone Else's Work | |
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| Fair Use: When It's "Fair" for You to Use Pieces of Others' Works | |
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| The First Sale Doctrine: Your Right to Resell Works | |
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| The Public Domain: Free Stuff | |
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| Using Copyright Assignments | |
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| What Rights Does the Customer Acquire When They Buy Your Work? | |
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| Infringement of Copyright | |
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| The Visual Artists Rights Act: Crafts Works and Fine Arts | |
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| Personal/Model Releases | |
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| Protecting Appearances With Design Patents and Trade Dress | |
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| Comparing Design Patents and Copyright | |
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| Design Patents: The Bottom Line | |
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| How to Get a Design Patent | |
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| What Qualifies for a Design Patent | |
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| Preparing a Design Patent Application | |
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| Are There Other Types of Protection? | |
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| Trade Dress | |
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| What to Do If Your Work Is Ripped Off | |
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| Names and Trademarks | |
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| Trademark Basics | |
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| Collective Marks and Certification Marks | |
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| Staying Out of Trouble | |
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| Federal Registration | |
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| Licensing | |
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| Crafts Licensing Overview | |
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| Merchandise License Agreement | |
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| Licensing Worksheet | |
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| Taxes | |
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| Hobby vs. Business-What's the Difference? | |
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| Paying Taxes | |
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| Tax Deductions | |
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| Lawyers, Contracts, and Lawsuits | |
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| Hiring Lawyers for Routine Business | |
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| Hiring Lawyers for Legal Disputes | |
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| Finding the Right Lawyer | |
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| Fees and Fee Agreements | |
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| Evaluating Your Attorney's Services | |
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| Using Contract Provisions to Avoid Legal Costs and Hassles | |
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| Appendix | |
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| How to Use the CD-ROM | |
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| Installing the Files Onto Your Computer | |
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| Using the Word Processing Files to Create Documents | |
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| Files on the CD-ROM | |
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| Index | |