Copy this Workshop is an interactive online workshop, hosted by Eric Schrijver, in which you discover the concepts underlying intellectual property (IP)* and how they apply in your practice. How do you get copyright? For what work? And for how long? How does copyright move across mediums, and how far can you go in integrating the work of others? - Because they get copyright too!
Despite its relevance for artists and designers, IP rarely figures in the educational curriculum of art academies. That’s why The Artist and The Others and FASHIONCLASH initiate this workshop and address this gap: it is important to know the rights and obligations of IP as soon as your creative career starts to develop, whether you are still a student or a professional.
*Intellectual property refers to creations of the mind. It encompasses several types of rights, such as copyright, trademarks, patents and designs. Today, all forms of creative work, from visual art to fashion to software to photographs to industrial design to many more, will potentially be protected by intellectual property rights. Owning such a right gives you say in who gets to copy this creation and could generate income. Simultaneously, creative professionals might find their own works re-used in ways they do not like. What are their rights if that happens? Which aspects of artists’ work are protected by copyright? The style, the ideas, the forms? And if there has indeed been a copyright infringement, what are the solutions, practically?
Who is Eric Schrijver?
Eric Schrijver is a Dutch interaction designer, artist and author, born in Amsterdam in 1984. From 2011 to 2017 he was a core member of the graphic design collective Open Source Publishing. Eric is the author of Copy This Book: an artist’s guide to copyright (Onomatopee, 2018).
Who is this workshop for?
If you are a creative professional or recent graduate who wants to gain more information about your professional rights when it comes to copying and being copied, this workshop is a must for you. It’s also quite relevant to artists & designers who want to understand their rights when negotiating with clients, galleries, publishers and distributors.
Practical information
Date: Wednesday 29th of April
Time: 10:00-13:00
Language: EN
Price: €15, - €25,- (including a copy of Copy this book, by post)
Copy this workshop is initiated by The Artist and the Others and FASHIONCLASH and supported by the Municipality of Maastricht & The Province of Limburg.