Copyright in a Hyper Digital Age: Copyrights? Copyleft? What rights are left?

This won’t be your father’s Copyright event.

This isn’t a “How to fill out the Federal Forms”, or “Let’s complain about Evil Clients” event.

This will be frank interchange between cutting edge legal minds, prominent creative industry players, and persuasive advocates.

This will be vivid insight and uncensored opinion with audience participation about artists’ rights in the digital age.

Please join the ASMP Foundation, The Academy of Art UNIVERSITY and other Participating Photo Trade Groups as they bring together some of the bleeding edge players and advocates in Copyright law in a panel and audience discussion to present vivid insight and strong opinions that will unmask and identify challenges and opportunities confronting creative professionals in this hyper digital age.

 Participate in the Copyright 2.0 Forum before and following the event !

In under a decade the explosion of technology has turned the masses into would-be professional photographers, writers, filmmakers, artists, designers and programmers. Media creators at all levels, from rank amateur to seasoned pro, can instantly publish and share imagery world wide with a staggering number of consumers, colleagues and clients - vast audiences and markets that used to be reserved for only an elite few. We are amidst what some see as an enormous cultural revolution, where the majority of people who once were only media consumers are now both consumers and creators.

In this landscape, our traditional ideas and laws about intellectual property and Copyright are being radically challenged and tested. Survival will require turning these challenges into opportunities. Creatives and the creative industries will need to react and adapt in radical ways.

Through the lens of the new media landscape, the panelists will discuss hot topics like Creative Commons Licensing, Orphan Works, Fair Use and Moral rights. But as a group we'll go further. In the spirit of crowd sourcing, we invite your questions and discussion: What may be in the future? How can traditional Copyright law in fact be effectively practiced and used today? What are the new opportunities for creative professionals? What are the pitfalls? Who will profit from all this new content? How did they do it? How will you do it?

Panelists

Mike Linksvayer - Vice President Creative Commons

Vic Perlman - General Counsel ASMP

M.J. Bogatin - Board President of California Lawyers for the Arts

Henry W. Jones, III (Hank) - Former General Counsel and VP of intellectual property of several Silicon Valley tech companies and consultant on Open Source and Intellectual Property rights

Gerald Bybee - Long time professional photographer. Consultant and expert witness on legal cases involving copyright in photography

Panel moderated by Jeff Pflueger

Location: Academy of Art  Auditorium & Gallery. 79 New Montgomery, San Francisco

Date and Time: Thursday, April 17th, 7pm

Social hour begins at 6:30pm

Admission:

FREE for members of any photo trade organization: ASMP,APA, EP, BATW, NPPA, PP, etc. w/I.D. & Email

FREE for any college level photo student with student ID & Email

$10 suggested donation for others-  $5 w/Email signup

Sponsors:

ASMP Foundation

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