[Burlesquercise News] Legal Workshop for Performers! (6/30)                             http://ezezine.com
                      
					PERFORMANCE IS BUSINESS 
Legal Basics for Independent Performers 

Today performers of all kinds – actors, dancers, 
musicians – have more opportunities than ever to 
develop and display their skills and art... but 
that means they also have more challenges. 

Artists and performers have always been the victims 
of the entertainment business – and yet, without 
them there is no business. Today, a successful 
artist is not only one who excels in their art; she 
is also someone who manages the business in a way 
that allows them to go on creating and performing. 

There is no mystery to the business side of 
entertainment. It’s about applying common sense 
rules and developing the knowledge, skills and 
discipline to get the rules applied. But like every 
business, you have to learn what those rules and how 
to use them. This workshop will provide the answers! 

* How to set up your performing business. 
* Identify and learn how to protect your assets. 
* How to keep the revenue flowing. 
* Find out what copyright law is and how you can use 
  to protect to do what you do. 
* How to deal with business partners and customers. 
* What are the common problems and mistakes and how 
  to deal with them. 

This workshop is hosted by Bombshell Betty, burlesque
entrepreneur and producer, and the main speaker is 
Nic Garnett. 

Saturday, June 30, 2-4pm 

Bombshell Betty's 
715 Bryant Street #102 
@ 5th Street in San Francisco 
http://www.bombshellbetty.net 

$10 in advance, $15 at the door. Space is limited, 
so pre-registration is highly recommended. 
Click here to register: http://tinyurl.com/2xfpau 

ABOUT NIC GARNETT: 

Nic is an internationally recognized expert on 
copyright law, rights management and right 
management technologies. He is also performing 
jazz musician, playing trumpet and keyboards. 

Nic was educated at Cambridge University in the 
UK and Bordeaux University in France. He began 
his career as a copyright attorney with a leading 
law firm in London. He then went to Bordeaux 
University to teach English Law and study French 
Law. 

From 1983 to 1999 Nic worked for the global trade 
association of the record industry, IFPI, first 
as its Regional Director for Asia/ Pacific (based 
in Singapore) then as its CEO and Director General 
based in London. His job was to look after the 
management and protection of the rights of record 
labels worldwide: fighting piracy; lobbying or new 
laws; dealing with new technologies etc. etc. 

A job with a technology firm in Santa Clara brought 
Nic to the US in September 1999 when he became an 
SVP with InterTrust Technologies, the patent holder 
in the digital rights management technology space. 
Nic spent 2 ½ years there before deciding to set up 
his own consulting practice, Interight: 
http://www.interight.com 

These days Nic advises a wide range of clients from 
tech and media companies to governments and 
international organizations on rights management and 
technology. Clients in recent years have included: 

* The UK Government 
* World Intellectual Property Organization 
* Sony Music 
* AOL 
* Tsinghua TongFang (China’s leading PC manufacturer) 

Nic’s view of rights management is that creativity 
starts with the individual and rights should be 
managed accordingly. However big the enterprise, 
without the composer, the writer, the performer, 
there is nothing to protect. His own experience as 
a performer has reinforced this approach.