San Antonio Seminar: Legal Issues For Photographers
SAN ANTONIO, TX (November 3, 2011) – Do you know your legal rights as a photographer? What about your responsibilities as a professional and any potential liabilities that may result from your actions? Do you wonder what that "indemnity clause" means in the contract you're about to sign? Confused about why you should register your copyrights?
To help you answer these questions and understand your legal standing, the National Press Photographers Association, in conjunction with the ASMP Austin/San Antonio chapter, present NPPA past president and attorney Alicia Wagner Calzada in a seminar titled "Legal Issues For Photographers" on Wednesday, November 16, 2011, in San Antonio, TX.
"In these days of ever changing digital technology, complicated contracts, work for hire, decreased budgets and even the fear of terrorism, knowing our legal rights and how they effect us and our businesses can be as important to our success as the ability to make great pictures," Calzada said.
In this seminar, long-time photojournalist Calzada will explain what photographers need to know about the law – to protect both ourselves and our clients, avoid sticky legal situations, better understand contracts, protect our intellectual property, and plan for the future.
ASMP and NPPA members will pay only $10 in advance ($15 at the door), and non-members pay $20 in advance (or $25 at the door). Students with a valid ID pay only $10 in advance ($15 at the door).
The seminar on Wednesday, November 16, is from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the 9th Street Studios, 315 Ninth Street, Suite 2, in San Antonio, TX. Complimentary refreshments are provided.
Registeronline here, or see this link for more information.
Calzada worked as a photojournalist for more than 20 years before becoming an attorney, and she now practices in the areas of First Amendment and Intellectual Property. In addition to working as an attorney on NPPA's Advocacy Committee, and being an NPPA past president, she launched the following successful resources and programs that support photojournalists: NPPA Short Grants; Independent Photographer's Toolkit; NPPA Cost-of-Doing Business Calculator; Find-a-Photographer; NPPA Advocacy Committee; Photojournalism Summit.
In addition to her work for NPPA, Calzada works on litigation related to First Amendment and Intellectual Property and assists photographers with copyright and contract needs. In 2011 she was a part of a small coalition that obtained the successful passage of the Texas Citizens' Participation Act, one of the strongest Anti-SLAPP laws in the nation.
When possible, she continues her work as a photographer. Calzada's work has been published in national magazines and newspapers as well as several books. Examples of her work can be found at www.aliciaphoto.com. She writes a blog on the Anti-SLAPP law at www.slappedintexas.com and writes for the NPPA Advocacy blog at http://blogs.nppa.org/advocacy.
Calzada is married to photojournalist Billy Calzada and lives in San Antonio
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