So, what can you do to try to encourage positive collaborations? If you have a geekish interest in this or just want some tips, have a read. In his judgment, Lord Justice Floyd reviewed the existing legal authorities and provided helpful guidance on the law of joint authorship, summarising the position in 11 key requirements. In this vein, Tony mentioned a helpful Court of Appeal case, Kogan v Martin EWCA Civ 1645 concerning joint authorship of copyright works. A written agreement is music to any lawyer’s ear, especially if you end up seeking legal advice for a dispute further down the line. When you collaborate with others, WRITE DOWN who’s doing what and how you are splitting creative ownership, etc. In one circumstance, there was a walking away. At April’s Collab Writer online meet-up via ZOOM, we were reminded of the importance of ‘paper trails’ by media and entertainment lawyer, Tony Morris.Ī couple of founder members shared lessons learned of collaborations where they hadn’t created paper trails and to no surprise, prevailed on who owned what and ideas were snatched. If there is no paper trail, or ‘electronic trail’ of what, who, how much etc there can be problems later on down the line. We all know the importance of paper trails, even in the creative realm. One of our missions at Collab Writers is to build a community of like-minded individuals, pulling in the same direction to collaborate and create. This was to encourage a playground for collaboration of ideas and to build relationships of trust with one another, potentially for future collaborations. A game of ‘Consequences’ Collab Writers’ style was good practiceĪt our monthly meet-ups (at The Library and The Arboretum) over the last year, many of you played the game of ‘Consequences’ in pairs, threes or more to practice the art of collaborative story writing on stories that we started for you to finish. Collaboration has a firm place at the table of the future and we need to take care to build strong foundations, both as a community and individually to work together as best we can. Gone is the individualistic hedonism of our Old World order, the ‘I have more than you’,’ I am better than you’ ego dominated approach to life. We are moving into a world where working together is going to be vital for the future of the Planet and our Society. Some of you may have been there! Collaboration is goldenĬollaboration can produce writing and creation beyond your wildest dreams, ideas that wouldn’t have happened if it was just you. If anyone has rented from a friend without writing down the do’s and don’t whilst it might be rosy to begin with, cracks can show later on down the line when each friend recalls a different conversation. To bring the importance of paper trails home, can you imagine buying a house without hiring a solicitor/conveyancer? NO! The same goes for when you rent a property, you get a draft lease of what the tenant can and cannot do in the property. Hopefully one day soon we can all hold hands again without gloves or hand sanitiser! Look to your homes for an example Please don’t be put off by the hand touching above, at least one person is wearing a glove. Like a house or community needs strong foundations, once we ‘ connect’ Collab Writers need strong, dependable, trustworthy relationships. Two of Collab Writers’ taglines are the all important ‘collaborate’ and ‘ create.’ They are the foundation of who we are as a community.
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