[OutVoice] Free Copyright/Internet work shop in September

[Terry Christopher]

Hey Outvoice Peeps!
 
I am sending this out far and wide.  If you happen to be in the NYC area in September, this may be a great FREE workshop to take in.  VLA is a great organization which I have utilized many, many, MANY moons ago.
 
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Dear VLA Friends and Members, 


Back by popular demand, VLA is proud to announce its workshop with Public Knowledge Copyright Law for Musicians & Composers

When:
Monday, September 22, 2008: 5:30pm - 7:30pm.
(with a light reception at 5pm)

Where:
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
1 East 53rd Street
1st Floor Auditorium
NY, NY 10022

Are mash-ups legal? How do file sharing, digital downloading and the Internet affect musicians' rights? What is fair use, and what does it let you (and others) do? What control do telephone and cable companies have in your music distribution? Copyright law is changing rapidly in the face of new technologies. Increasingly, laws and policies written in a pre-VCR world are being applied to a post- YouTube society.

This two-hour tutorial will be presented by Public Knowledge (www. publicknowledge. org), a Washington-D.C.-based public interest group that focuses on the intersections between copyright law and the Internet.

This VLA-sponsored class is FREE but you must be registered in advance to attend. To register, please complete this Registration Form and return it to Ben Brandow via fax to 212.752.
6575 or via regular mail to: 

VLA
Copyright Tutorial
1 East 53rd Street, 6th floor
NY, NY 10022


This VLA program is made possible with the support of the New York State Music Fund, established by the New York State Attorney General at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.


Since 1969, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts has been the leading provider of pro bono legal services, mediation services, educational programs and publications, and advocacy to the arts community in New York. The first arts-related legal aid organization, VLA is the model for similar organizations around the world.
For more information about Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, please see www. vlany. org.
For more information about VLA's Ask the Music Lawyer program, please see www. askthemusiclawyer. org.


Sincerely, 

Ben Brandow