New York-based media and copyright attorney, Alexia Bedat will be covering the basics that amateur and professional photographers should have in mind when shooting. Attend this talk to learn more about photographing known buildings, signs and individuals; obtaining releases; using third party content in your work; registering your photographs with the Copyright Office; and protecting your work generally.

About Alexia

Alexia focuses her practice on content review; media law; privacy; Internet law; advertising; fair use, and virtual and augmented reality technologies.

Prior to joining Klaris Law, Alexia worked as a law clerk at BuzzFeed, where she supported the news team. She has also worked with law firms specializing in media law in both London and Paris.

Having obtained her law degree from the University of Cambridge in the UK, Alexia moved to New York to pursue her career in the United States and completed an LL.M. at Columbia Law School. There, she focused on First Amendment litigation, advertising, copyright and the right of publicity. At Columbia, Alexia worked as a teaching assistant at both the Law School and Journalism School and did pro bono work at Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts.

Alexia is a member of several Media Law Resource Center Committees and currently serving as co-chair of the Pre-Publication/Pre- Broadcast committee. Alexia is also an AR&VR enthusiast, she frequently addresses legal challenges in this area, most recently at SXSW in Austin, TX and at the Augmented World Expo in Santa Clara, CA and co-authored a chapter on data collection practices for VR/AR companies in Siegel on Entertainment Law.