Monday, February 22, 2016

Copyright and Ownership of Creative Property

LECTURE: S235, Noon

This week we're lucky to have guest Graham Peddie, Operations Manager of booming visual effects studio, Mr. X, Inc. freshly returned from his trip to Hollywood for the Visual Effects Society's (VES) 2016 Awards ceremony (spoiler - Star Wars cleaned up in live action, Pixar for animation).

Graham is also a copyright lawyer and worked as such for years for Sullivan Entertainment, makers of the Anne of Green Gables series. Along with news from the VES Awards, he'll give us the rundown on ownership of creative work, both your own and the work you do when employed by a studio. And maybe if someone asks him he'll talk to us about the implications of the reversal of the Happy Birthday Song's copyright status.

Please note that there will be no Wednesday workshop this week due to scheduling difficulties.




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