Beyond the Page: Contracts, Copyright, Insurance and Payment: Legal Issues for Professional Editors

This workshop will cover:
• Copyright
• Moral rights
• Contracts
• Debt
• Defamation
• Insurance

We will also be running a free legal advice clinic for workshop participants. This gives individual editors a chance to speak confidentially with a lawyer about their specific circumstance and legal questions. Don’t miss this chance to access legal advice specific to your situation, free of charge! Please note that due to time restrictions these sessions will have to be booked on a first-come, first-served basis. Once you have registered you will receive information about how to access the legal clinic.

Outcomes
Participants of this workshop will leave more knowledgeable and confident about their legal rights and responsibilities as an editor.

Participants
This workshop covers legal topics that are of relevance to editors, publishers and authors.