The Creator's Guide to Going Mobile

Event Info

Wed 12 Nov, 2008 at 12:00am
Conference Room Suite, Accelerator, London Metropolitan University, Shoreditch Building
35 Kingsland Road
London, E2 8AA, UK
Cost: Free

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?
- 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


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