IFTA® Practical Guide to Copyright Protection Contents A Road Map to Protect Your Works and Enforce Your Rights / 1 Checklist for Copyright Protection and Security at Critical Points of Vulnerability / 12 International and National Legal Frameworks for Copyright Protection and Enforcement / 19 Steps for Notifying ISPs, Payment Processors, Search Engines, and Advertisers of Copyright Infringement / 25 Drafting Distribution Agreements to Maximize Copyright Protection / 30 Glossary of Terminology / 34 Please contact the IFTA Legal Department for more information on any matters in this Guide. Your feedback, experiences and input are welcome in developing Member services that matter most to your business. IFTA Legal Department Susan Cleary, Vice President and General Counsel
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[email protected] © 2015 IFTA. All Rights Reserved. A Road Map to Protect Your Works and Enforce Your Rights New digital platforms and distribution technology create opportunities for the independent film and television industry. Yet those same technologies also dramatically expand the ease with which a single act of infringement can rapidly spread worldwide across multiple mediums and decisively undermine revenue expectations and future financing options. The risk of theft arises well before a film or program is ready for release and should be addressed prior to production. The stakes are too high to leave to chance. Protecting the security of assets must be the responsibility of everyone in your company and of all those who touch the film or program from beginning to the end of its distribution cycle.