Copyright Law is in our sights as we reach our Season 1 finale.

Dr Andres Guadamuz is a Reader in Intellectual Property Law at the University of Sussex and the Editor in Chief of the Journal of World Intellectual Property. He is also the brain and pen behind the online publication ‘TechnoLlama’.
He joins us to answer some of our many questions about protection Copyright can - and cannot - offer artists and creatives.

What does "Fair Use" really mean? What constitutes copyright infringement? Do rulings in different countries mean anything abroad? And, crucially, what is a TechnoLlama?

Let's talk about death.

Have you considered how you want your digital remains (yes, that's the correct term) to be treated after you're gone?

Photos on Facebook, TikTok videos, LinkedIn profiles, demos, self-tapes, emails sent and received; everything you have ever uploaded or shared, whether personally or professionally, will digitally outlive you.

Dr Edina Harbinja is a Reader in Media and Privacy Law at the University of Aston. She is a pioneer and expert in her field and author of the book, "Digital Death, Digital Assets and Post-mortem Privacy".
She joins us to explain more about our digital remains, what is and is not protected by existing legislation and how we might be able to better protect our digital legacies.

And you can read "Digital Remains and Post-mortem Privacy in the UK: What do users want?" co-authored by Dr Harbinja at:

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4813651

What does it look like to do business with clones in a way which puts the artist at the centre of the deal?

That's not just our question, but the question posed by Sam Radclyffe. Sam is an experienced entertainment and media rights executive, film producer, and entrepreneur. His answer is Galatea Holdings.

Galatea is a Digital Twin Library and Management Company, which proposes a different business model from the ones we've seen so far. The aim is to partner with artists and performers in shared ownership of your clone, ensuring that you retain control of your digital twin.

Sam shares his own observations of the industry, how it treats artists and Intellectual Property rights and how a fresh approach might help keep humans at the heart of the industry.