How To Survive as an Emerging Artist: Insights from Annie Davtian on Protecting Your Intellectual Property

On April 17, 2024, the Institute for Contemporary Art Yerevan (ICA Yerevan) published a podcast featuring Annie Davtian, CEO and Managing Partner of Lawsuit LLC. The podcast, part of the “How To Survive As An Emerging Artist” program, focused on the critical topic of protecting intellectual property rights.

In the podcast, Annie Davtian discussed various key issues including:

  • The fundamentals of intellectual property law.
  • Measures digital artists can take to protect their work.
  • The importance of concluding contracts for copyright holders.
  • How to protect infringed copyright through judicial means.

A crucial point highlighted by Annie Davtian is the necessity of concluding agreements with users of the works to ensure copyright protection. She emphasized the importance of license agreements and clarified the difference between copyright transfer and license agreements.

The podcast also provided practical tips and suggestions for protecting copyright in the digital realm.

Additionally, Annie Davtian shared insights on protecting copyrights in judicial order and gave an overview of the upcoming legislative draft on Copyright and Related Rights in the Republic of Armenia, including new regulations on statutory damages.

Also such interesting matters as the issue of copyright protection of Armenian artists as Martiros Sarya, Minas Avetisyan, Sergei Parajanov had been discussed.

Fore more detailed information on the protection of copyrights on works through Collective Management Organizations, digital protection and other legal insights and practical advice, artists are encouraged to watch the full podcast or read the respective topic of the Guidebook on How To Survive As An Emerging Artist via the following links:

Podcast: https://shorturl.at/3FY1w

Guidebook: https://shorturl.at/bRP7t

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