ASMPNY Legal Panel Event

Wednesday May 7th, 2008

Panelists:
Samiya (Simi) Mir - Katona & Mir
David B. Wolf - Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP
Andrew Berger - Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP
Victor S. Perlman - ASMP
 
Moderator: 
Matt Greenslade - Matt Greenslade Photography Inc.

RESOURCES

Katona & Mir LLP offers a free initial consultation to ASMP members. 
Katona & Mir LLP
49 West 37th Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10018
Phone: (212) 944-1529
Fax: (212) 553-7370
www.katonamir.com


Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP
41 Madison Avenue, 34th Floor
New York, New York 10010
Telephone: 212-974-7474
Facsimile: 212-974-8474
www.cdas.com
Email: cdas@cdas.com

Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP
900 Third Avenue,
New York, New York 10022
Telephone: (212) 508-6700
Facsimile: (212) 371-1084
www.thshlaw.com

USEFUL PHONE NUMBERS:

Copyright Office Visual Arts Division: 202 707 8202 (Ask for a supervisor)

WEBSITES

Registering your copyright:
www.asmp.org/copyright
www.copyright.gov/
www.editorialphoto.com
http://www.peterkrogh.com/copyright/main.html
ftp://johnharrington.com/copyright_reg_formVA_sample.pdf
How to Register the Copyrights for Your Photographs by Carolyn E. Wright (www.photoattorney.com) http://www.naturescapes.net/102005/cw1005.htm
http://www.apanational.com/files/public/MassRegistration.pdf

Definitions for licensing photography

Picture Licensing Universal System: www.useplus.com

BOOKS

* ASMP Professional Business Practices in Photography (Sixth Ed.)
Price: $23.95 / ASMP members $21.00
http://www.asmp.org/publications/asmp.php

* Licensing Photography by Richard Weisgrau and Victor S. Perlman, Allworth Press.
* Business and Legal Forms for Photographers (3rd Edition) by Tad Crawford, Allworth Press.
* The Professional Photographer’s Legal Handbook by Nancy E. Wolff, Allworth Press.
* The Law (in Plain English) ® for Photographers by Leonard D. DuBoff, Allworth Press.
* Best Business Practices for Photographers by John Harrington, Thomson.

DOWNLOADS

* Andrew Berger's handout

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