4/10/10 RACC Workshop: Copyrights for Artists and Creative Professionals

This interactive workshop will focus on copyrights, providing practical information on various legal topics related to the protection of artwork and creative service work products. All artists and creative professionals are encouraged to attend: painters, sculptors, photographers, print makers, designers, cartoonists, animators, craftspeople, writers, publishers, and others.

This workshop will provide a clear and comprehensive overview of what copyrights are and how to obtain them. Topics will include the most important concepts that every creative person should know, including how to register various types of creative work with the Copyright Office, fair use rights, copyright infringement, and the public domain. We will also discuss the intersection of copyright law with trademark, patent and trade secret law.

Saturday, April 10, 9:30am – 12:30pm
Location: Willamette University*, 1120 NW Couch, Ste. 450, Portland, OR 97209
Presenter: Peter Vaughan Shaver, Esq. is a Portland-based arts & entertainment attorney at his firm Sound Advice, LLC. He graduated from the University of Oregon - School of Law (J.D., 1998, Certificate in Intellectual Property) and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His primary areas of legal expertise are intellectual property and general business law, with an emphasis on copyrights, trademarks, entertainment, music law, art law, Internet law, licensing, real estate and wills. Peter is a regular lecturer at the Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, The Regional Arts and Culture Council, Marylhurst University, PCC-Sylvania, PCC-Cascade, The Art Institute of Portland, the Graphic Artists' Guild, the Women's Art Caucus, The Portland Songwriters Association, The American Federation of Musicians, and other educational and community arts groups.

Mr. Shaver serves on the advisory boards for the MusicFest NW and PDX POP NOW! music festivals and the 100th Monkey Studio. He is a former non-profit Board member for the Creative Music Guild (CMG), Orlo / The Bear Deluxe Magazine (Portland), The Northwest Lawyers and Artists (NWLA) and The Eugene Lawyers for the Arts (ELA).

Note: To register for both this workshop and the workshop Contracts for Artists and Creative Professionals and receive $10 off, use the button below on the right.

* Willamette University's Atkinson Graduate School of Management is a place where students, teachers and executives come together to share experiences, examine current business issues and develop innovative and creative thinking. Programs include an evening MBA for Professionals (in Salem and Portland, Oregon), full-time MBA for Career Change and Early Career MBA programs (in Salem, Oregon) and non-degree Executive Education programs. The Willamette University MBA is accredited by AACSB International and is committed to preparing graduates to serve business, government and not-for-profit organizations.