Copyright/Intellectual Property Issues for Digital Artists - Workshop

Time: 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Cost: $50 for BDA members, $70 for non-members

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 class from Boulder Digital Arts 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 video/film-making, 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!

For complete details, please REGISTER at www.boulderdigitalarts.com. Boulder Digital Arts offers affordable training in digital media from professionals working in the field.

Submitted by Kira Woodmansee