Own-it Podcasts

Knowing Your Festival Rights - Part 1

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Are the issues of ownership impacting on the development of your festival? If you're worried about protecting your event concept and production ideas then this panel discussion/networking event run in partnership with CIDA will explode some of the myths surrounding festival design and management and help put your mind at ease.

Leading experts discuss some of the often contentious issues of intellectual property that may affect the festivals sector. This is an event that is aimed festival and event organisers or organisations who can share experience and be put into the picture regarding some of the best ways to copyright a concept, monitor brand usage and get the right contracts in place.

Speakers include Greg Jameson (Taste Newham Festival), Yemisi Mokuolu (Festival Focus), Adam Jeanes (arts producer, trainer, writer and consultant), Alex Papakyriacou (Briffa law firm).

This free event took place at Shoreditch Town Hall in June 2007.

Knowing Your Festival Rights - Part 2

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

I DID THAT! - Part 1

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Graphic design, illustration and moving image are sectors of an inherently 'commission' based industry, which opens up a range of sometimes complex as well as unique issues of intellectual property. How can those working in and across communication, art and design maintain, manage and capitalise on their ideas while holding on to their authorship during creative and business processes?

This podcast raises awareness of the main IP issues affecting designers, illustrators and filmmakers entering and working within the creative industries. It will address the common questions of IP, authorship and who retains ownership, with specific attention to creative businesses and projects that have multiple platforms.

Speakers include Jessica Antwi-Boasiako (SOUP SESSION), Nat Hunter (Airside), Fred Deakin (Airside) and Lee Gage (Harbottle & Lewis LLP).

This free event was at the Royal College of Art in June 2007.

I DID THAT! - Part 2

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Trade Marks and Tricks - Part 1

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Creative ideas all need protection, whether they come from the world of fashion, product, graphic design or other mediums of creative expression. Whatever your idea it will need brand protection for you to fully benefit from its commercial, and potentially global impact.

This talk on protecting your brand and creative ideas will uncover the wonderful world of trademarks for all those involved in the creative industries, particularly innovators, product designers, fashion and graphic designers.

Jeremy Philips is an Intellectual property consultant, author, lecturer and commentator on patents, trademarks, copyrights and most contemporary issues involving intellectual property rights.

This free event took place at Kensington Central Library in June 2007.

Trade Marks and Tricks - Part 2

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Behind The Music: Danger Areas - Part 1

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

As a creator or music publisher, your copyrights are your most valuable asset, so knowing all the facts is essential – and even more so in a rapidly changing digital environment.

This Own It podcast will flag up the danger areas to be aware of so you make to help you make decisions about how to manage your copyrights with your eyes wide open. The session will cover a variety of topics including commissioning contracts, issues around 'promotional' use and other pressure points encountered by rights owners in their dealings with a broad range of users.

Speakers: Richard Taylor (Simkins Law firm), Stephen Navin (Music Publishers Association), Florian Koempel (British Music Rights).

This free event took place at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in May 2007.

Behind The Music: Danger Areas - Part 2

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

All That Glitters - Part 1

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

When you show your work on websites, at trade shows or enter into relationships with national or international manufacturers, how can you safeguard against being copied, and what sorts of contracts or agreements do you need to enter into if you form business relationships and manufacturers, distributors, or third parties who might go on to promote or publicise your work?

This podcast covers: working with manufacturers, licensing, business partnerships and collaborations.

Speakers include: Jewellery designers and pioneer Jess James, lawyer Sophie Lachowksy, freelance designers Jenny Bloy and Alexandra Jefford.

This free event took place at the Gemological Institute of America in May 2007.

All That Glitters - Part 2

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Making Ideas, Making IP, Making Money (World IP Day Event) - Part 1

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Linking new and creative ideas with a clear intellectual property strategy is the key to success for design businesses with dynamic products to expose to the consumer market. Knowing your key market and the ways in which your product will be used, as well as how, when and where to patent or register your designs or where to go for investment are all important factors for any inventor or product designer.

This podcast collaboration with IEA (Innovative Enterprise Action) and Ideas 21 takes place on World Intellectual Property Day and will cover: finding your market, using IP in business development plans, making money from your ideas, negotiating licensing agreements.

This free event took place at The Student Hub, University of the Arts London in April 2007.

Making Ideas, Making IP, Making Money (World IP Day Event) - Part 2

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Beyond Research: Creative Business Partnerships - Part 1

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Collaborative research and development strategies between creative practitioners and academic researchers can unearth a range of issues of knowledge ownership as well as new and dynamic ways of working.

This collaboration between Cockpit Arts, Own-It and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) is aimed at creative industry entrepreneurs and SMEs with research and development ideas, who are looking for academic research partners.

This podcast covers intellectual property in the context of research and development, ownership of IP between employer and employee, confidentiality issues and business processes.

This free event took place at the ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts) in April 2007.

Beyond Research: Creative Business Partnerships - Part 2

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Private Lives: Photographing People - Part 1

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Street and documentary photography relies on capturing images of people in candid situations in public places, but it’s advisable to get your subject’s permission, particularly if your aim is to reproduce these images for exhibitions, film or other creative avenues. Other than using model release forms, what are the steps you should take to avoid infringement of privacy rights or data protection, whether you’re photographing an ‘anonymous’ subject or a high profile politician or celebrity.

This Own-It podcast covers the legal issues to consider when photographing people, particularly in public areas like streets, parks, shopping centres, public streets, festivals or political rallies.

This free event took place at Crisis Skylight Café in March 2007.

Private Lives: Photographing People - Part 2

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Dead or Alive - Part 1

Tue, 08 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT

This Own-It event is aimed at curators, archivists, picture librarians, visual artists and those creating archive images for use online, in film or in other creative mediums. The event will cover some of the issues around sourcing works, and images of works, of contemporary as well as out-of-copyright artists and will draw on two case studies.

The event will highlight the steps you need to take if you are sourcing works from living artists or institutions and picture libraries, devising a copyright licence agreement, issues of quality, negotiating fees and preserving the material.

As well as looking at the practicalities, it will also look at the important underlying legal issues, including copyright, moral rights, database rights and trade marks, as well as the content of licence agreements.

This free event took place at the London College of Communication in April 2007.

Dead or Alive - Part 2

Tue, 08 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT

From Pitch to Production - Part 1

Tue, 08 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT

What are the legal issues that commercial and independent producers should consider on the journey from pitching ideas to broadcasters to actual programme production? Our panel will cut through the jargon, telling you exactly what you need to know and what to do when, or if, things go wrong.

This Own-It event in collaboration with Stellar Network is aimed at producers, production managers, filmmakers, musicians and photography and will cover TV copyright law including clearances on filming, music and photography. The event will also look at Ofcom rules, codes of practice, new media rights and defamation issues.

This free event took place at the Channel 4 Drum Cinema in April 2007.

From Pitch to Production - Part 2

Tue, 08 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Behind the Music - Part 1

Tue, 08 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT

How and when is copyright in a musical work created? What happens when the music and lyrics are written by more than one person? Where do moral and typographical rights fit into the equation? How are copyrights used and exploited and why do creators and publishers need collecting societies?

This Own It event in collaboration with the British Academy of Composers & Songwriters, Music Publishers Association and Swan Turton law firm is aimed at songwriters, composers and publishers.

This free event took place at Copyright House in March 2007.

Behind the Music - Part 2

Tue, 08 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT

East Meets West: Fashion Manufacture in China - Part 1

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Youâ€™ve designed a cutting-edge fashion item or a full collection, and youâ€™re aiming to manufacture in China. What are the steps needed to go about this? You might need to register your brand to protect it against copying, and youâ€™ll also need to draw up a contract with your manufacturer and distributor outlining clear details on how you plan to work together. All this may or may not be as straightforward as you think.

This podcast provides information on how to find out about support for UK businesses that are planning to manufacture in China, and what to look out for to avoid infringements and to make sure everythingâ€™s above board.

Speakers include IP lawyer Naazneen Schmittzehe and Colin Allaway from the Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) give their advice.

East Meets West: Fashion Manufacture in China - Part 2

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Old versus New - Part 1

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT

What are the implications for commercial films when artists and filmmakers incorporate archive footage into their work, essentially creating something new from something old?

Despite the fact that archive footage organisations are increasingly opening up their collections to artist residency programmes, who actually owns this footage and what are the implications of presenting work that features archive material, which is then used in a public setting?

Issues covered:
- BBCâ€™s creative archive licence
- Sampling and downloading from digital archives
- Licence agreements
- Clearances and infringements
- Creative Commons

Old versus New - Part 2

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Musicians: Making the Rights Decision - Part 1

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT

You want audience adoration, respect from your peers and the music industry and the chance to keep your name and music in the public psyche for years to come. However, success in the music industry comes from a series of partnerships between musicians and industry. Such partnerships most likely involve a musician exchanging their intellectual property rights for the expertise that enables them to distribute and sell their music whether on or off line.

The seminar is particularly useful for musicians at the beginning of their careers keen to develop a greater understanding of their intellectual property rights in order to make better-informed professional decisions.

This free event took place at the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in January 2007.

Musicians: Making the Rights Decision - Part 2

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Winner Takes All - Part 1

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT

You exhibit your work and it sells, then it goes up the food chain fromseller to dealer to gallery to collector and everyone makes a bit of money on the way – but what about you the artist? Do you get a cut of the action every time someone makes a profit on your work?

This workshop held in collaboration with DACS (Design and Artists Copyright Society) looks at the Artist’s Resale Right legislation, how it works and how you can be paid a royalty every time your work resells.

This event is for visual artists, photographers, illustrators and others within the visual arts.

This free event took place at London College of Communication in November 2006.

This podcast is downloadable in 2 parts.

Winner Takes All - Part 2

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Keeping Covered - Part 1

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT

How do you sell the rights to your images? Should it be for a fixed period of time, or for a specific use or as a renewable option?

How do you ensure you don’t get sued for your licensee’s wrongful use of your images? What documentation needs to be in place and what should be included in the terms and conditions?

This provides a legal overview of licensing, the practical aspects and applications and how it works in reality.

This event took place at the Association of Photographers in January 2007.

This podcast is downloadable in 2 parts.

Keeping Covered - Part 2

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT

How do you sell the rights to your images? Should it be for a fixed period of time, or for a specific use or as a renewable option?

How do you ensure you don’t get sued for your licensee’s wrongful use of your images? What documentation needs to be in place and what should be included in the terms and conditions?

This provides a legal overview of licensing, the practical aspects and applications and how it works in reality.

This event took place at the Association of Photographers in Janurary 2007.

This podcast is downloadable in 2 parts.

Design Into Manufacture - Part 1

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Manufacturing some or all of your designs can allow you to supply larger orders at lower prices and also gives you more time to spend creating new work or focusing on bespoke commissions.

This session will answer your questions such as:
- How do you find a manufacturer to work with?
- Where should the manufacturer should be based?
- How do you ensure quality control?
- How do you protect your designs now they are in a more public realm?

This free event took place at Cockpit Arts Holborn in November 2006.

Design Into Manufacture - Part 2

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT

How Not to Get Ripped Off in Design - Part 1

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

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 what is rightfully yours.

This free event took place at the London College of Fashion in November 2006.

This is part 1 of 2.

How Not to Get Ripped Off in Design - Part 2

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Picture This - Part 1

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT

This event for photographers focussed on how to get permission for certain elements of creative activity such as using an individual’s image for public use, as well as dealing with the sticky stuff like getting clearance for photographing a building during a fashion shoot, trying to track down an original copyright holder for a specific image, or attempting to control copyright of your own images when dealing with a large agency or public organisation.

Issues covered included photographing people, objects and places, syndication rights in photography, valuing IP rights and non-infringement of corporate ownership, legal frameworks and implications of finding and dealing with copyright holders.

Picture This - Part 2

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Fresh Shoots: New Platforms in Film - Part 1

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT

This event, part of Black History Month, addressed the issues of new distribution technologies in film. It asked if there was a distribution divide between black filmmakers and thos from the 'mainstream.' Inge Blackman, a filmmaker and multimedia producer, chaired the panel discussion. Experts Lee Gage, IP solicitor at Harbottle & Lewis, Karen Alexance, a freelance consultant and Keith Shiri, founder of Africa at the Pictures and Ishmaihil Blagrove, a producer/director at Rice N Peas Films all provided their input.

Fresh Shoots: New Platforms in Film - Part 2

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT

You Are What You Own - Part 1

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT

With so many trends in popular culture influenced by black culture, who actually benefits from what is essentially a global cultural commodity, particularly when issues of heritage and representation seem to be at stake? This event examines the crossover of black culture and its routes to the market.

This free event took place at the Victoria & Albert Museum in October 2006.

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You Are What You Own - Part 2

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Designing A Business Part 1

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT

One way for designers to effectively profit from their intellectual property rights is to create a business around their design concept or insight. By doing this they can avoid under-selling their work, and ensure their vision is realised.
At this Own It event hosted by writer and design commentator, Nico Macdonald, David Sanbach of IOGI, Hugh Mason of Pembridge Partners, and Dominic Speller of CPAglobal.com discussed the strategies, pitfalls and benefits of taking this route to realising and managing the value of your IP.

More information about the speakers is available from this event's information page.

This free event took place at the Design Council in London as part of the London Design Festival in September 2006.

Part 1

Designing A Business Part 2

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT

One way for designers to effectively profit from their intellectual property rights is to create a business around their design concept or insight. By doing this they can avoid under-selling their work, and ensure their vision is realised.

More information about the speakers is available from this event's information page.

Re-using Design Part 1

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Reusing existing design and making new products is environmentally friendly, resourceful and clever. What's more, it appeals as much to the eco warrior as to the design guru. However reusing someone else’s existing product to make something new, often means finding out who is the originator and coming to an arrangement about copyright, ownership, possible partnership and clearances. Part of [re]design 06, this event focused on the role of design and designers in relation to recycling existing products or waste products for manufacture, and the IP issues that come out this. Part 1

Re-using Design Part 2

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Putting A Price On It: How To Value Your IP: Part I

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Your creativity, creative output and ideas are your intellectual property, your most valuable asset and the aspect that can make serious money for your business – but how do you identify what the value of your IP is? In this podcast, Kelvin King of Valuation Consulting answers your questions and shows you how to calculate and put a price on your creativity. Part 1

Putting A Price On It: How To Value Your IP: Part II

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Is everyone ok � using people in a moving image: Part I

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Making a piece of work, whether animation, documentary, fiction or cross-genre, has no complications if it has no people or existing copyright material in it, but once the public, actors, friends and family get involved, or you use other people’s work, then a whole world of clearances, licenses, performers rights, usages and restrictions start to rear their ugly head. Part 1

Is everyone ok � using people in a moving image: Part II

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Is everyone ok � using people in a moving image: Part III

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Is everyone ok � using people in a moving image: Part IV

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Photographing other people's property: Part I

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Photographs often include elements of other people's property. Intellectual or otherwise. incidental or intentional, there is a lot that the photographer needs to be aware of in order to make sure their creative activity does not infringe on corporate ownership.

Photographing other people�s property: Part II

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Photographs often include elements of other people’s property. Intellectual or otherwise. incidental or intentional, there is a lot that the photographer needs to be aware of in order to make sure their creative activity does not infringe on corporate ownership. Part 2

Your Work On The Web And How To Protect It: Part I

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT

The internet is a tremendous marketing opportunity and creative people who want to sell and promote their work should be grabbing it. Naturally there are risks but many of these can be reduced or avoided altogether so long as you know what you are doing.

Your Work On The Web And How To Protect It: Part II

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT

How Not To Get Ripped Off in the Creative Industries - Part 1

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Being copied and someone else ripping off your creative ideas is a major concern once you start to sell, publicize and promote your creative work. You need to protect your ideas and make sure you know what to do if someone does actually copy what is rightfully yours. ??This Own-it event offered a basic guide to the law, covering the steps any creative professional should take in order to stop somebody else stealing or otherwise using your work without your permission (including copyright, patenting, trade marks, licensing and design rights.) The speaker Georgie Collins, of law firm Bevan Brittan (www.bevanbrittan.com) specializes in intellectual property and heads up Bevan Brittan's London IP team. She acts for a variety of clients including leading fashion houses, film production companies, software creators and producers and a number of individual designers.

How Not To Get Ripped Off in the Creative Industries: Part 2

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Being copied and someone else ripping off your creative ideas is a major concern once you start to sell, publicize and promote your creative work. You need to protect your ideas and make sure you know what to do if someone does actually copy what is rightfully yours.   This Own-it event offered a basic guide to the law, covering the steps any creative professional should take in order to stop somebody else stealing or otherwise using your work without your permission (including copyright, patenting, trade marks, licensing and design rights.) The speaker Georgie Collins, of law firm Bevan Brittan (www.bevanbrittan.com) specializes in intellectual property and heads up Bevan Brittan's London IP team. She acts for a variety of clients including leading fashion houses, film production companies, software creators and producers and a number of individual designers.

The Mobile Goldmine - Part 1

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Mobile content will be worth in excess of £5.46bn globally by 2011, according to analyst house Screen Digest.
Own it and Create KX joined forces to bring you the Mobile goldmine seminar to exam how you can distribute your content via mobile phone, protect your copyright, and reap the rewards.
We will look at:

· What opportunities does mobile media bring, and what risks does it potentially pose?
·What impact will the arrival of mobile media have on traditional media companies?
· Will convergence of broadband and mobile create new threats of copyright infringements, mobile piracy?
· What sort of content will provide tomorrow's revenue streams? And how will people pay for the content?
· Will mobile media content develop as a genre made for mobile or will it be formatted traditional content
· With Direct 2 Consumer rising and challenging the mobile operators control does this offer new revenue streams for the Producers?
Speakers were Richard Morris, of mobile media company Player X. Mark Brill, The Ping Corporation and Ben Grass of mobile content specialist Green Grass Films