Protecting your work.

Source: ttp://ste-ursule-portail-pedagogique.lekreisker.fr/spip.php?article274

 

One of the most important, yet overlooked aspects of filmmaking is the legal side. Filmmakers are artists and often get lost in the art and forget everything else. It's "show business" so focus on the show and the business.

 

I remember a Haitian film that had great success. A couple of years later someone else made a sequel to the film without the original filmmaker's knowledge or consent. Learn how to protect yourselves, whether it's through copyrighting your work or assuring that everyone involved in a project signs a binding contract. Copyrighting is easy and can be done online for $35. Here is a direct link to copyright your work if you are in U.S. [U.S. COPYRIGHT OFFICE]

 

The 'Bureau Haitien Du Droit D'Auteur" also is an excellent resource and is making strides in improving available protections for Haitian artists' intellectual property. [BUREAU DU DROIT D'AUTEUR]

The Haitian American Chamber of Commerce of Florida will hold a workshop on contracts and agreements on June 21st, 2014. If you are in Florida and are an actor, producer, director, or filmmaker of any sort, this workshop is for you. Info on flyer attached!