Ed Bremner: Copyright, Licensing & Invoicing Talk

Rights:

• Copyright.
• Moral right’s
• Performing rights.
• Publication rights.
• Design rights.

All property rights that imply value can be sold or given. Owning the work does not mean you own the rights for that work!!!

• IPR Law from 1842/Statute of Anne.
• Copyright, design & patents act 1998.
• Berne Convention 1886–1971.
• Digital Economy act 2010/13.

Copyright does not cover:

• Ideas/ thoughts/plans.
• Work created as part of normal employment.
• Facts.
• Anything already copyrighted.

Copyright is automatically assigned but you can use the copyright symbol on your work. You should create line & IPTC fields. Gives owner the right to control: what media it’s on and how/ where it’s used.

Things to think about:

• Creative commons.
• Plymouth students of IPR.
• What’s the going rate/base rate: getting you thinking and gives you a starting point?

Invoicing: In pairs we went through all the things we needed for an invoice and then at the end of the discussion we though as a whole group and drew up an example of what an invoice should look like and what it should contain. As I have already had a chance as invoicing I was able to identify some of the key bits of information needed in order for the document to work most efficiently, below is the example we drew up as a group…