Educational Programs

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA TO SAN JOSE AREA EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

SF Bay Area Programs

Negotiating Your Way to Success in the Entertainment Industries With Jon Duman
Wednesday, June 3, 7-8:30pm
Location: Fort Mason Center, C-265
Learn effective tactics and strategies for negotiating favorable deals in the music, entertainment and media industries. Find out how to avoid the most common negotiation "mistakes" which lead to the notorious "bad deals" everyone has heard about. Concepts covered include: preparing in advance for negotiation success, methods for improving your "bargaining position", proper negotiation "etiquette; strategies for overcoming negotiation "obstacles" and "impasses", etc. This unique and innovative and workshop will demystify and explain one of the most important, yet misunderstood aspects of the business world.

Open Licensing 101
Wednesday, June 10
Fort Mason Center, Building C, Room 265
With Lila Bailey and Raghu Seshadri
About the workshop: This workshop will address basic copyright principles and introduce open licensing concepts and tools. About the speakers: Lila Bailey is counsel for ccLearn, the education program at Creative Commons. Before coming to CC, Lila practiced Internet-related litigation and counseling, focusing on novel copyright and privacy issues; she was also an Intellectual Property Fellow with the Electronic Frontier Foundation in 2007. Raghu Seshadri is an associate with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he is a member of the technology transactions practice. Before attending law school, Raghu worked as a composer, writing and producing music for radio and television ads, television programming, music libraries, short films, and the Web.

Business Issues for Bands
With Keith Cooper
Wednesday, July 15
About the workshop: This workshop will identify business and legal issues for bands, arising from band formation as well as ongoing operations. Ownership of intellectual property and exposure to liabilities will be discussed.

Legal Issues of Public Art
With Alex Austin
Wednesday, July 29
About the workshop: Learn about the issues that arise in the creation and commissioning of public art. Every artist who has ever created, or may create, works of art in public places should know their rights! Copyright and infringement, licensing, contracts, First Amendment rights, property rights, damage to artwork or property and other related points will be covered.

Contract Basics for Film and Video
With George Rush
Wednesday, August 26
This workshop will address issues affecting independent producers, including contract negotiations, protection of creative rights and distribution.

San Francisco area workshop location and time: C.L.A.'s San Francisco office at Fort Mason Center, Building C, Rm 265,from 7 to 8:30 PM Wednesday evenings unless otherwise noted above.

Please call (415) 775-7200 ext. 107 or email ncalegal@calawyersforthearts.org to register.

Workshop fees are $5 for student and senior members $10 for other C.L.A. members and $20 for non-members.

---- San Francisco Intellectual Property Seminar With Erick Howard

Date/time: Tuesday, August 18, 3-5:30pm Location: Fort Mason Center, Building C, Room 265 About the seminar: A must for all artists and entrepreneurs. Learn about ownership and protection of your work. This essential seminar will provide an overview of copyright, trademark and patent, define terms and cover issues including registration, infringement, fair use and licensing, non-disclosure agreements and trade secrets.

Registration: Please call (415) 775-7200 ext. 107 or email ncalegal@calawyersforthearts.org to register. Seminar fees are $15 for members of California Lawyers for the Arts and $25 for non-members.

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