How not to get ripped off in the creative industries

By John Freeman on April 4, 2008

A one day seminar takes place later this month offering a basic guide to the law, covering the steps a creative professional should take in order to stop your work being stolen.

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 or makes money from work that is rightfully yours.

This seminar, backed by OwnIt.org in conjunction with Innovation Central and supported by creativematch, shows how to stop somebody else stealing or otherwise using your work without your permission (including copyright, patenting, trade marks, licensing and design rights). The organisers say there will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions of speaker Tow Cowling of media law firm Swan Turton, who is a partner in the firm’s Litigation and Advertising & Marketing Groups, advising a broad range of corporate and individual clients.

Tom specialises in intellectual property and commercial litigation but has particular expertise in contractual and copyright disputes, defamation and non-contentious trade mark and internet matters. Tom has been involved in numerous trials and appearances in the High Court and is experienced in the use of mediation as a means of resolving commercial disputes.

Tom started his career as an investment banker in the City and in Paris before training as a solicitor and qualifying with a leading West End media and entertainment practice.
He joined Swan Turton from the Indonesian office of a global intellectual property consultancy where, amongst other clients, he managed the Motion Picture Association’s Indonesian anti-copyright piracy programme.

How not to get ripped off in the creative industries

Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2008

Venue:
Innovation Centre/Conference Room
(entrance on Red Lion Square)
Central Saint Martins
Southampton Row
London
WC1B 4AP

Time: 6.00 – 9.00pm followed by drinks/networking. Admission free. As places are limited please register online to reserve your place.

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John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.

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