Description:
Ever wanted to know more about how to copyright or trademark your own material? Ever wondered how to acquire rights in someone else’s property for your own project – and worried you might not know how to get ALL the rights necessary? This workshop is for you!

Learn how to acquire rights in your own property, and how to decide whether it’s worth spending the money for formal registration vs. informal protection. Learn just what the legal parameters of the Work for Hire doctrine are, and how to avoid legal trouble by acquiring all the rights necessary to use someone else’s property. We’ll go over how to take advantage of the legal concepts of Fair Use and Public Domain to save time and money, and about the relative benefits of licensing stock vs. commercial material. We’ll cover specific examples of what material is ok – and not ok – to use in filmmaking, music, web design, photography and software in general.

Then we’ll take a look at where intellectual property (and the creative professionals that drive it) is headed. Is the Copyright concept obsolete, or are there ways to tweak it to make it support rather than hinder the work of creative professionals? Come to class and find out!

Presented as a Lecture-Style Workshop:
These are our most affordable training programs, designed to introduce a subject quickly and efficiently. Students can take notes from the instructor's projected computer screen, and/or bring their own computer to follow along. Lecture-style workshops are normally held on weekday evenings from 6 pm – 9 pm and contain a maximum of 30 students (average is 8-20).

Who Should Take This:
Photographers, filmmakers, graphic designers, web developers, and any other digital artists who need a better understanding of how copyright law affects them and their work.

Instructor:
Patricia Murphy is a media/entertainment law attorney and author of an upcoming book on the cultural backlash against geeks and the unique physiology of creative people. A graduate of the University of Southern California Law School – where she was selected for the Hale Moot Court honors program – she's licensed in both Colorado and California. She practiced real estate and business litigation with an emphasis in software copyright issues before moving to the Boulder area in 1997.

Tricia has spoken extensively about creative physiology to groups of parents and practitioners, and especially likes working with digital artists and creative professionals.

BDA Member Cost: $59.00 ($69.00 after Friday, October 22, 2010)
Non Member Cost: $79.00 ($89.00 after Friday, October 22, 2010)
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