Copyright Protection - A One Hour Guide to Authorship & Ownership

Introduction

This webinar will explore the basis of copyright authorship and ownership in England and Wales, including special cases such as joint authorship, employee created works and commissioned works.

It will also explore the rights of authors and owners and touch upon the existence of moral rights.

The webinar will take a holistic look at copyright authorship and ownership in the context of AI generated works and will consider the impact of neglecting copyright ownership and title issues.

It is suitable for practitioners who advise on copyright protection who already have a basic knowledge of copyright.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• What is authorship?
• Authorship and the first owner under CDPA 1988
• Authors of LDMA works
• Authors of sound recordings, films, broadcasts, typographical arrangements of published works
• Authors of computer-generated work
• Joint and co-authorship:
• When can joint authorship and co-authorship occur?
• What rights do joint authors and co-authors have?
• Joint and co-authorship in films and broadcasts
• Ownership of copyright:
• Authors as first owners
• Duration of copyright
• Special cases:
• Employers
• Directors and Shareholders
• Commissioners
• Rights of the author and the owner:
• What rights does the author have?
• What are moral rights?
• Right to be identified
• Right to object to derogatory treatment
• Right not to be falsely attributed
• Transferring rights from the author
• Commercialisation of title
• Ownership v licence
• Derivative works:
• Authorship and ownership of derivative works
• AI generated works:
• Authorship and ownership of AI generated works
• AI and moral rights
• Copyright protection for AI generated works - how are other countries handling it?
• The impact of neglecting copyright ownership:
• When can issues of ownership occur?
• The importance of rectifying title issues

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Wednesday 24th September 2025

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