Can your copyright be stolen - legally ?

FRIDAY 8 JUNE
14.00 H - 16.00 H

The Seminar will address cases and national legislation which enable third parties to use someone elses photographs, although these photographs are protected by copyright such as ...

• Reproduction of photographs that are in the public domain
• Use of the idea in a picture
• Reprint of pictures as a quotation
• Reproduction of photographs in the course of news reporting
• Reproduction and use for administrative and court proceedings
• Incidental inclusion of photographs in other works
• Reproduction in exhibition or sales catalogues
• Use of a photograph as input material for other works
• Display of photographs on the internet (as thumbnails)
• Exhibition of a photograph by the owner of the physical copy.
• Unwanted restrictions on exclusive marketing by collecting societies

What is allowed, what is not ? What can we you do about it ?
A panel of experts will answer these questions ; all the cases shown will be illustrated.

Moderated by Professor Dr. Thomas DREIER, University of Karlsruhe
With the participation of :

• Professor Jan ROSÉN, University of Stockholm / Sweden
• Nicola SOLOMON (Finers Stephens Innocent LLP/ UK)
• Nancy E. WOLFF, Esq. (PACA Legal Counsel/ USA)

4th FLOOR of the Palazzo degli Affari