Contracts and Licensing with Lisa Shaftel
When | Wednesday, April 28
7:00-7:15 p.m. Networking
7:15 p.m. Presentation begins
Where | MassArt Tower Building, 11th floor
Part 1: Contracts
What are contracts and why do you need them? What should you make sure to put into your next contract? We'll be learning about these important documents with the Graphic Artists Guild's Advocacy Chairperson, Lisa Shaftel (she led our Copyright and Infringement workshop a few months back) and how to create a proper agreement without a lawyer and with one hand behind your back.
This program will include:
- How to write your own agreement in plain
English, and what points should be included.
- Sample boilerplate contracts from the
Graphic Artists Guild will be handed out.
- Negotiating terms in contracts that
clients give you as well as definitions for the different terms.
- What is a Work-Made-For-Hire agreement?
- What is an All-Rights agreement (also
called an “assignment of rights”)?
- Why you should keep the copyright to your
work, and why and when you should sell them.
Part 2: What is Licensing?
Licensing is big business, presenting tremendous opportunities for graphic artists of all disciplines to generate revenue in new markets. However, far too many artists don't recognize that licensing can be a hugely profitable segment of their business. Get the information you need to get started!
Some points from Lisa's presentation:
- An overview of licensing art.
- How to license your own work for various
uses in the marketplace.
- How to license other people’s work to
incorporate into your own projects.
- What is the Creative Commons licensing
model (it’s not copyright)?
- What
are
the
various
licensing
opportunities
available
to artists?
Cost | Before April 20:
Students w/ valid ID: $2
Guild Members and MassArt Alumni: $5
Non-members: $10
Cost | After April 20 and at the door:
Students w/ valid ID: $5
Guild Members and MassArt Alumni: $8
Non-members: $15
Pay by PayPal (link below)
OR mail a check with your contact info to:
Boston Chapter Graphic Artists Guild
PO Box 45334
320 Broadway
Somerville, MA 02145
About Lisa Shaftel
Lisa Shaftel is an illustrator and scenic artist, and has been a Graphic Artists Guild member for 24 years. She was elected National Advocacy Committee Chair in January 2004, and again in 2006, 2008 and 2010. As National Advocacy Committee Chair, Lisa assists artists who contact the Guild for help with client/contract disputes, business practices and ethics, and attorney referrals. She educates creative professionals and keeps the Guild in the forefront of the industry on issues affecting artists’ rights, such as copyright and orphan works, by writing Congressional testimonies, Guild White Papers, and a regular column in the “Guild News”. She advocates for artists at Congressional hearings, at meetings and discussions with the U.S. Copyright Office and other organizations representing creative professionals.
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