Ever wondered what the laws regarding copyright really are? Ever had conversations with clients and not really known what your rights are? Here is your chance to get educated, brush up on copyright and get answers to all those questions you have been dying to ask but did not know who to turn to.
Sharon Givoni, demystifies copyright and photography for Trampoliners with some live case studies along the way.

We'll be meeting at 6:30pm for a 7pm start time on

Tuesday 26th July

BLUE TREE STUDIOS

2/126 Bertie St

Port Melbourne

VIC  3207

$5 Trampoline members

$10 non members

incl drinks and nibbles

Put it in your diaries now.
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After 12 years of running her own Melbourne based legal practise, Sharon has been invited to speak at over 50 industry conferences Australia-wide on IP related topics and has developed a reputation for bringing the law alive in language people can understand. Sharon has a strong focus on copyright and related areas and advises photographers regularly in all matters including copyright, model releases, ownership and licensing, privacy and related areas.

She also writes for photography magazines including ProPhoto and has lectured photography students in this area as a guest speaker.

Having previously been employed in the intellectual property section at one of Australia's leading law firms, Sharon has been running her own legal practise focussing on internet and intellectual property law for over ten years.

Sharon is a committee member of the Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc (IPSANZ) and a member of the Intellectual Property Trade Practices and Information Technology Committee of the Law Institute of Victoria. She is also the general editor of the prestigious Australian Intellectual Property Bulletin and Internet Law Bulletins published by LexisNexis and a self confessed chocolate addict.

TOPIC COVERED IN THIS SESSION

In this interactive and value-packed session Sharon will talk about day to day legal issues that impact directly on photographers and their businesses focussing largely not eh topics that she gets asked about most including:

• how do you best protect yourself?
• what does the law say?
• who owns what when it comes to photography?
• how do contracts change this?
• What amounts to a copyright infringement?
• Are ideas protectable and if so how?
• What about the internet - how does copyright work in that context?
• What are the defences to copyright infringement?
• How close is too close?
• model releases - how do they apply and what should they contain (complimentary checklist to be given out)
• Trade marks and branding - some photographers have a brand - how do you protect that?

 And more - you can ask questions !