Digital Publishing Law

Dates:

29 July & 1 December 2010 (a one-day course)

Price:

£365+VAT (a number of discounts are available)

Venue:

The Publishing Training Centre in Wandsworth, London (see a map and a list of local hotels)

Book course online or phone +44 (0)20 8874 2718 for availability

"Course is very informative, class size allows personal attention and discussion. Course is well structured and the instructor is knowlegeable. "

International Bureau of Documentation delegate

"I have gained a basic understanding of key concepts relating to digital publishing law."

Taylor and Francis delegate

This course will help you to reduce the legal risks associated with online publishing, and in particular will help you to:

ensure that your online products and services comply with the law
use online marketing techniques within the law
reduce the risks of complaints about your content
protect your domain names
manage the risks of dealing with customers in many jurisdictions.

Programme

Mandatory disclosures and procedures
- Companies Act
- E-commerce Regulations
- Distance Selling Regulations
Data protection and cookies
- Compliance with data protection legislation
- Privacy policies
- Law of cookies
Online marketing law
- Website advertisements
- Email marketing
- Affiliate marketing
Content liability
- Libel, copyright, database right, privacy and other kinds of content liability
- Hyperlinks
- User generated content
- Defences under the E-commerce Regulations and the Defamation Act
Domain names
- Trade marks and domain names
- Domain name arbitration proceedings
- Domain names in court
International and jurisdictional issues
- Dealing with the laws of many jurisdictions

Note: The focus of this course is very much upon English law. Although many of the relevant areas of English law - e-commerce law, consumer law, copyright law, and so on - are heavily conditioned by EU law, that does not mean that the course is designed for those interested in the law of other EU jurisdictions.

Who will benefit from this course?

Any non-lawyer who is involved in the creation and publication of online products, services and content.

Your tutor

Al Taylor runs SEQ Legal LLP, a legal consultancy specialising in the law relating to publishing and the internet. Al trained as a solicitor and previously worked for City firm Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP and Manches LLP in Oxford. During his career, he has advised both small and large publishers on most areas of publishing and digital publishing law.

We also offer Digital Licensing Agreements.

Note that most of our open courses can also be run as in-company events.

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Dates: 29 July & 1 December 2010

Price: £365+VAT (a number of discounts are available).

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