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Pressing issues…

Drawing on his recent experience with the Newspaper Licensing Agency, Charlie Hull of Lemur Consulting discusses some of the complexities in implementing newspaper clippings and media monitoring services.

Digital Britain: Interim Government Report Gets Mixed Reception

Lord Carter unveiled his interim report into Digital Britain last week. New Media Knowledge caught up with some major players for their take and got mixed reviews.

Original Pirate Material

British Music Rights has revealed that the average youth has around 900 illegally downloaded tracks on their MP3 player. Tim Hoang reports on how the music industry continues to struggle with the Web.

Virgin Partners BPI in Anti-Piracy Initiative

Virgin Media will write to thousands of customers informing them of that they are breaking the law if they download unlicensed content. Customer accounts which appear to have been used to distribute music in breach of copyright will receive separate letters from Virgin Media and the BPI. However, both emphasised that customer names and addresses would not be disclosed to the BPI and that the campaign is educational not aggressive.

See YouTube in Court

The phenomenon of user generated content and social networking sites still sits awkwardly with legislation. As the Web 2.0 companies continue to work out how to best profit from their huge reach, there is still dispute as to who owns the content and data and what they are allowed to do with it.

UGC and the Law

From a legal perspective, User Generated Content (UGC) can cover Blogs, Forums, Video, Photographs, Audio, Software Code and other postings. UGC can encompass any content which users upload or post online. With such a wide array of UGC, there’s an equally wide number of ways in which content on a website you own might contravene the law.

Rights & Non-Textual Copying

The extent to which copyright protects website functionality is hotly debated amongst intellectual property experts. Briffa explain how a recent case involving Easyjet has implications for developers and online traders...

How not to get ripped off: Enforcing and Protecting Your Intellectual Property

Being copied and someone else ripping off your creative ideas is a major concern once you start to sell, publicise and promote your creative work. You need to protect your ideas and make sure you know what to do if someone does actually copy or makes money from work that is rightfully yours.

When: August 12th, 2008
Location: Rootstein Hopkins Space
Price: £0.00

Copyright and Rights Exploitation: Film, Television and Digital Platforms (01zero-one)

Want to distinguish yourself and your projects from the increasing competition? Despite the explosion in the number of films and programmes being made for commercial exploitation, the professional standards and legal requirements for the industry have not declined. Apart from an original product, you also need an awareness of the business and commercial aspects involved. Knowledge that will enable you to develop a more effective approach when presenting your creative ideas.

When: April 4th, 2007
Location: 01zero-one, Westminster Kingsway College, Soho Centre, Peter Street, London, W1F 0HS
Price: £110.00

Reduced to £100.00 if you are eligible for a discount.

Introducing Copyright

This workshop will help you understand some of the basics of copyright, including what copyright protects, who owns it, how long it lasts, using copyright works, and the role of collective licensing bodies.

When: March 22nd, 2006
Location: he British Library, 6 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB.
Price: £0.00

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