Before  I produced my first episode in June 2015, I explored what I should and  shouldn’t do to preserve my own investment in my word and ensure that  others wouldn’t find that I had violated theirs. Advanced TV Herstory adheres to Fair Use Copyright standards. We use clips very sparingly  and within an educational context of history. Sources are cited at the end of episodes and in shownotes, and there is no monetization of our  work. It’s ethical and important to respect the work of other creatives –  writers, performers and photographers.

To  protect my own work, I maintain hard copies of every episode’s notes  and scripts, have external hard drives for audio and video files and  recently renewed Advanced TV Herstory’s trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. In 2024, an Australian judge ordered Canna Campbell to pay US $75,000 in  legal costs after infringing the name of Rhondalynn Korolak’s Financial Foreplay podcast. That name too is a registered trademark. Artificial  Intelligence is another topic I monitor because my work is possibly  being mined to grow AI large language models.

If  I had known how complicated podcasting would become, I might have  thought twice about launching. But then again… would I be writing this post today?