Week 7 EOC: What legal issues concern you most?

There are so many questions that I have for my career to ask a lawyer or a judge. My career as photographer I want to get clear about the whole model and location release forms. When do I need a model or a location release forms? Do I need them when I randomly go shooting on the strip or some little town? If I take a photo of a crowd of people walking around, do I have every single person in that photo sign a model release form? And do I have to find the owner of the place to sign the location release form? And do I need them to sign it before or after I take the photo? This is all important to me because I love capturing people in their environment, almost candid, and asking them to sign the paper beforehand can ruin the concept. Also, I understand that metadata can protect your work and engrave your name into the file. However, what if someone takes my photo, uses it, and gain profit; what kind of process do I need to do to handle this and what will happen to them? If I composited a photo, and include someone else’s work with mine, am I doing something illegal? What certain contracts and paperwork should I have with me when I start a business? All these questions are so important to me because I love what I am doing, and I love expanding my creativity. However, I want to know that I am handling my work correctly and what to know what could happen in the future. I want to be prepared on anything and everything that is and will be affecting me in this field. Therefore, asking these questions to a great and amazing lawyer can be beneficial to me.

Week 6 EOC: Illicit? What do you think?

The movie Illicit really opened my eyes to this market. Before this movie, I would see fake accessories and think "Oh, if I do not know about it then its okay". However, after seeing this movie made me think twice about whats going on. All over the world people are contributing to this market, whether its purses, sunglasses, drugs, kidneys, etc. And it is affecting our economy and people all over the place. We copyright, trademark, and everything to protect our rights and our creation and people around the world are recreating it and taking it to earn dirty money. I see the fake accessories and I do not even think of the process of it. I was shocked about illegal drugs. People can send out Viagra out and no one would know about it. The dogs are not trained to sniff out Viagra; they are trained for more harder drugs. The things these people put in these drugs to make it look like its real, glue, wax, paint, lead, etc is so disgusting. The people that buy them are looking for a cheaper and easier way to buy their pills, and little do they know they are poisoning themselves! The laws are out ther for reason, not only to protect the authors, but also to protect the society. Next time you see a purse, think of that fake gucci as the tip of an iceberg of something more dangerous.

Week 4 EOC: 10 Meaningful Patent Terms

1. Design Around
2. Internet Patent
3. Design Patent
4. Prior Art
5. Patent Agents
6. Patent Attorneys
7. Patent Examiners
8. Date of Invention
9. Submarine Patent
10. Claims