The Creator's Guide to Going Mobile
Event Info
Description
Mobile phones will become the tool for reading digital books, playing music and games, looking at images and watching films and TV. No matter if you are currently a traditionalist or somebody who already works for digital media, the development will affect all creators in one way or another.
Are you already thinking of joining the next revolution in digital media and distributing your work through mobile phones or inventing software applications? This seminar will give you an overview of the legal framework including licensing, royalties, data protection issues, and offers advice from people that have developed successful business models.
Own-it and Accelerator have invited a legal expert to explain the current legal framework surrounding distribution of content to mobiles. A successful business working in the field will talk about their business model and practice. They will answer your questions and explain how you can exploit, protect and manage your Intellectual Property in this fairly new field.
To book your free place to attend, please visit http://www.own-it.org/events
Topics covered include:
- All about contracts – from licensing to copyright assignments …
- How can you get paid? – Various payment models explained
- Moral rights
- How can you protect your work from being copied or distributed beyond the terms and conditions of your agreement?
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How can you protect your work from being deemed ‘orphaned’ – meaning
it’s distributed to so many users that nobody has any idea who the
copyright holder is?
- What’s the value of your work? Is there a difference between music, games, characters, photography or writing?
- Data protection
Own-it
and Accelerator have invited a legal expert to explain the current
legal framework surrounding distribution of content to mobiles. A
successful business working in the field will talk about their business
model and practice. They will answer your questions and explain how you
can exploit, protect and manage your Intellectual Property in this
fairly new field.
Speakers include:
Silas Brown, Solicitor, Briffa
Silas
is a solicitor specialising in intellectual property law including
information technology, e-commerce, computer and Internet law. Silas
has worked in Hong Kong and London, and accordingly has international
experience in the field of intellectual property and IT. He has advised
on a wide range of non-contentious legal issues in the field, including
advising on legal and commercial arrangements for the successful
exploitation of intellectual property rights and technology, advising
on mobile phone digital content provisioning arrangements, as well as
drafting other commercial contracts and terms and conditions. He has
sound experience working with national and international clients, who
are successfully exploiting their intellectual property. Recently, he
has been assisting clients in exploiting re-emerging opportunities for
commercial enterprises via the Internet and helping clients to build
value in the online side of their businesses. In addition, Silas
assists clients in relation to building successful branding and
commercial strategies for their businesses moving forward. Silas
understands the importance of the protection of intellectual property
and technology to growing the value of a business and takes a
straightforward and practical approach to legal advice.
Mohd Taufik Abdullah, Billadam
http://www.billadam.com
Other speaker to be confirmed
