Date: Tuesday 24 March 2009
Time: 6:00 to 8:00pm presentations followed by drinks/networking until 8.45pm

Location:
Street Lecture Theatre
London College of Communication
Elephant & Castle
London, SE1 6SB
www.filmlondon.org.uk/ownit

Do you have a film archive? Would you like to make it accessible to others, but are not sure where to start? As London’s Screen Archives embarks on a major programme of preservation and digitalisation for moving image collections in the region, this event will give you the vital legal information you need to begin using your film collections on the web, in education work, your own DVDs and beyond. With plenty of space for your questions, this seminar provides a full overview of the legal issues involved in bringing film archive material to light in the digital age.

Topics covered will include
- What rights do you need to clear before making it available to others (music, soundtrack, performance, etc.)?
- How does ‘due diligence’ work in practice when trying to establish the identity of a rights holder? How to deal with ‘Orphan Works’ where the copyright holder couldn’t be found (but is somewhere out there)?
- rights issues involved in copying to new formats
- offering content on YouTube or other user-generated content sites
- protecting and enforcing your intellectual property rights in the digital age
- licensing your material for use in new contexts, in for-profit and non-profit circumstances

Own-it and London’s Screen Archives, Film London have invited a legal expert and an archivist/curator of moving image work to give you an overview of what steps you can take to publish your archive online, on DVD and make the content more widely accessible. There will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions.

Speakers:
Harry Karaolou, Lawrence Graham LLP
Harry specialises in all aspects of intellectual property law. He has extensive experience of IP disputes, particularly trade mark, design rights and copyright infringement matters. Harry has regularly been involved with disputes relating to domain names using, amongst others, the ICANN, Nominet, HKIAC (for .cn domain names) and NIXI (for .in domain names) dispute resolution procedures, and arranged transfers through the various international registrars.

In non-contentious matters, Harry has undertaken and advised clients extensively on due diligence and commercial transactions involving intellectual property. Harry also conducts brand protection work for multinational clients within various industries. Harry regularly advises clients on how to acquire and protect their intellectual property rights, particularly through the use of assignments and licences. He has also regularly written articles for numerous legal journals and is a member of the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys. www.lg-legal.com

Other speaker to be confirmed.
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