Copyright and Legal Issues for Publishers
Dates:
26 April & 5 November 2010 (a one-day course)
Price:
£365+VAT (a number of discounts are available)
Venue:
The Publishing Training Centre in Wandsworth, London (see a map and a list of local hotels)
Book course online or phone +44 (0)20 8874 2718 for availability
"Great to be taught by experts and practitioners in their respective fields! Thanks and well done!"
Redemptorist Publications delegate
"I did enjoy (the course) and would recommend to my peers."
Nature (Macmillan) delegate
This course provides a thorough introduction to the practical application of copyright and other key laws to the business of publishing. It looks at the particular issues of risk and who is liable for content in both a print and digital environment. This is essential knowledge for anyone working on the content and structure of contracts or licensing agreements, permissions, commissioning and rights - indeed anyone who plans to forge their careers in publishing.
It will help you to:
- increase your understanding of copyright issues
- become more confident about key legal issues
- develop warning antennae for potential legal problems
- understand your company’s existing agreements
- avoid disputes
- learn how copyright functions in a digital setting
- decide when you need to seek expert advice.
Programme
- Copyright: first principles and relevant legislation
- Definitions
- Intellectual property
- UK regulations
- World conventions
- The influence of Europe
- The duration of copyright
- Economic and moral rights
- Permission and fair dealing
- Digital issues
- 2003 regulations
- Legal framework around publishing law
- Sources of law
- UK/EU law
- Contracts
- Torts
- Criminal law
- Liability
- Confidential information
- Copyright infringement
- Remedies
- Data protection and privacy
- Competition law
- Defamation
- Libel
- Defences
- Storage of content online
- Recent cases
- How expensive is libel?
- Articles 8 and 10 of the ECHR
- What can publishers do to limit liability?
Your tutors
Richard Balkwill has more than 25 years' experience in educational and children's reference publishing, latterly as a publishing director at Heinemann. He is now an independent consultant running CopyTrain, a writing, training and copyright service for publishers. He is also the author of The Multilingual Dictionary of Copyright, Rights and Contracts.
Elaine Heywood is a Partner in the publishing team at leading law firm Blake Lapthorn, specialising in media law and media-related disputes. She advises on defamation, privacy, media related and reputation management issues and frequently provides pre-publication advice to publishers.
Note that most of our open courses can also be run as in-company events.
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Dates: 26 April & 5 November 2010
Price: £365+VAT (a number of discounts are available).
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