Legal Stuff Explained #5: Creativity, Content and Collaboration

 What Artists, Designers, and Other Creative Types Should Know About the Law

When: Thursday, April 19th from 6:30pm to 7:30pm

Where: NYU-Poly Incubator, 20 Jay Str. #313, 11201 Brooklyn

Who: Ilya Kushnirsky and Tudor Capusan

What can you do to protect your creative work product? What steps should you take when collaborating with others or freelancing for clients? What should you watch out for when posting or promoting your work online? This class provides answers that every artist, designer, musician, filmmaker, and other creative person should know, whether you work for yourself, with others, or for others. We cut through the legal jargon with simple and practical takeaways, as well as examples and anecdotes involving Superman, Banksy, Pinterest, SOPA, and other non-boring things.

Teacher 1: Ilya Kushnirsky

 For nine years, Ilya was involved with the Wonderland art collective, where he helped artists make their living from their work (and threw great underground parties). He’s also done stints with the Museum of the Moving Image, Dance Parade, and Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts. Today Ilya runs his own legal practice that helps artists, creative professionals, entrepreneurs, and techies. He collects art, graphic novels, and indie rock, and will talk your ear off about The Hold Steady and French new wave cinema if you let him.

Teacher 2: Tudor Capusan

For most of his life, Tudor has been a musician with a great passion for guitar. He was involved int the NY underground rock scene for a decade and has toured with a signed band. After working at the Indiana Attorney General’s office, Tudor decided to help musicians, photographers, designers, start-up  businesses, and other creative entrepreneurs. He understands the creative culture, and he provides practical counseling to those who want to create art or build a business. For fun, Tudor likes to play guitar and be mesmerized by Tommy Emmanuel. 

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 "Legal Stuff Explained" is a weekly series of FREE workshops, taught by local lawyers to the entrepreneurial community of New York.

Do you work for a startup or a small business? Are you a freelancer? Do you run your own mobile development shop, production or design studio? Whatever you do, come and learn about legal issues that affect you and your business with practice-oriented, tech-focused workshops.

Every Thursday evening, from 6:30pm to 7:30pm, hosted by Docracy at the brand new NYU-Poly Incubator space in Dumbo.

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