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7/21/07 : INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND LICENSING
8/18/07 : BUILDING A SCALABLE BACK OFFICE
9/15/07 : THE TANGIBLE BENEFITS OF BLOGGING
10/20/07: CREATING YOUR WEB SITE:
Working With Free Agents and Web Development Companies
11/17/07: WINDOWS NETWORKING AND WI-FI SECURITY:
Installation and Setup For Small and Home Offices
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Capital PC User Group (CPCUG)
Entrepreneurs and Consultants SIG (E&C SIG)
Saturday, July 21, 2007, 1:00-3:15 pm
12:45 pm Check-in. 1:00 pm Program
Cleveland Park Library, 1st Floor, Large Meeting Room
3310 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
Author Talk:
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND LICENSING:
How To Avoid Being Sued!
Speaker: Joy R. Butler, Attorney, Author, and Principal,
Sashay Communications
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Co-Sponsor: Cleveland Park Branch of the DC Public Library
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Book Signing:
_The Permission Seeker's Guide Through the Legal Jungle:
Clearing Copyrights, Trademarks and Other Rights for Entertainment and
Media Productions_
by Joy R. Butler [May 2007. 421 pp. $19.95.]
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*** What They're Saying About This Book: ***
"Whether and how to obtain permission for components of entertainment and
media productions is perhaps the greatest concern of creative artists
about their legal rights and responsibilities. I wish that many of my
clients had started out with the step-by-step information in this book."
--John Davis Malloy, Former Legal Director,
Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts
"Joy Butler's _The Permission Seeker's Guide Through The Legal Jungle_ is
a concise, practical, and invaluable reference for the many
rights-clearance issues that producers of media content often face. Highly
recommended."
--Stan Soocher, Editor-in-Chief, _Entertainment Law & Finance_
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Audience: All media producers, including writers, publishers, filmmakers,
musicians, composers, songwriters, visual artists, and Web site and
software developers. Also agents, managers, and distributors.
Every creative person eventually faces questions concerning the
permissible use of other people's material. The material might be a
quotation, real-life event, image, celebrity name, song, or other material
protected by copyright or similar laws. These are rights clearance issues,
and no media producers--not writers, filmmakers, musicians, visual
artists, Web site developers, nor creative gurus—are immune from them.
Joy R. Butler is an attorney and the author of _The Permission Seeker's
Guide Through the Legal Jungle: Clearing Copyrights, Trademarks and Other
Rights for Entertainment and Media Productions_. During this presentation,
she will explain how to spot rights clearance problems and provide
guidance on what you need to do before you incorporate other people's
material into your books, Web sites, artwork, films, and other media
productions.
After her presentation, there will be ample time for audience Q&A. If you
have a sticky copyright or licensing issue, or even just a question, come
to this event for helpful information.
For more about the book, go to
www.guidethroughthelegaljungle.com/permission/permissiondescription.htm
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A book sale and signing of _The Permission Seeker's Guide Through the Legal
Jungle: Clearing Copyrights, Trademarks and Other Rights for Entertainment
and Media Productions_, courtesy of Trover Shop, will follow the program.
A portion of the proceeds will go to the Friends of the Cleveland Park
Library.
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Speaker: Joy R. Butler is an entertainment, intellectual property, and
business attorney. Her legal expertise includes copyrights, trademarks,
commercial licensing, entertainment law, private equity financing, and
mergers and acquisitions. Her recent work for media clients includes
negotiating literary agency agreements, television series deals, script
sales, talent agreements, and database licensing agreements. In addition
to her legal practice, Joy is a principal and the general counsel of
Sashay Communications, LLC, a publishing company producing informational
products on the entertainment and media industries.
A frequent speaker and writer on entertainment and business issues, Joy
has previously presented for our CPCUG E&C SIG on "Forming Joint Ventures
and Strategic Relationships. In addition to authoring _The Permission
Seeker's Guide Through the Legal Jungle_, she is also the author of _The
Musician's Guide Through the Legal Jungle_, a 3-hour audiobook
presentation on music law. Publications that have quoted Joy on media
industry issues include _The New York Times_, _Forbes.com_, _Washington
Lawyer_, _Vibe_, and _The Independent Film & Video Monthly_.
Joy Butler has a law degree from Harvard Law School and a B.A. degree in
economics from Harvard College.
Event Location:
Cleveland Park Library, 1st Floor, Large Meeting Room
3310 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
(between Macomb and Newark Streets)
Metrorail: Cleveland Park Subway Station, Red Line
Connecticut Avenue, NW
Just 1.5 blocks north of meeting site
Parking: Street (allow a little extra time)
See Web site for more information about CPCUG's Entrepreneurs and
Consultants SIG:
http://entrepreneur.cpcug.org/
For more information abouot this event, visit--
http://entrepreneur.cpcug.org/707meet.html
This event is FREE and open to all, but advance registration is
needed for event planning.
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Future CPCUG E&C SIG FREE Events (at Cleveland Park Library):
Saturday, August 18, 2007, 1:00-3:15 pm
BUILDING A SCALABLE BACK OFFICE
Speaker: Doug Smith, CIO, Digital Bridge Communications
Saturday, September 15, 2007, 1:00-3:15 pm
THE TANGIBLE BENEFITS OF BLOGGING
Speaker: Nancy McCord, President, McCord Web Design
http://entrepreneur.cpcug.org/907meet.html
Saturday, October 20, 2007, 1:00-3:15 pm
CREATING YOUR WEB SITE:
Working With Free Agents and Web Development Companies
Speaker: Miles Fawcett, Executive Vice President and General Manager,
Bridgeline Software Inc.
Saturday, November 17, 2007, 1:00-3:30 pm
WINDOWS NETWORKING AND WI-FI SECURITY:
Installation and Setup For Small Office and Home Office Users
Speaker: Luis Garcia, CPCUG Virginia SIG Chair
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Barbara Conn, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Capital PC User Group (CPCUG) "Users Helping Users"
Chair, CPCUG Entrepreneurs and Consultants SIG
http://entrepreneur.cpcug.org/
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