If you’re an artist who wants to share your creations with a wider audience, you know how important it is to post your work on social media. Just as important is understanding the rules of the social media platform you’re using – because bumping up against community guidelines and the platform’s terms of use can have long term impacts from downranking to banning. In this Zoom program, Saper Law will discuss where the laws stand now, and then Don’t Delete Art will share how artists can engage in DDA’s anti-censorship advocacy efforts. Learn how intellectual property, artistic expression, and free speech interact with corporate social media platform rules, and how artists can navigate the digital landscape. Plus, we’ll answer your questions! About Saper Law: Saper Law is an award winning intellectual property, social media, entertainment, and business law firm with headline grabbing clients and cases. Saper Law is known for its expertise in handling business contract negotiations, drafting complex software, domain name, trademark, and copyright licensing agreements, drafting sweepstakes and contest rules, organizing new LLCs or Corporations, and generally serving as outside “inside” counsel to many creative individuals and innovative business organizations. Saper’s litigation practice is equally famous for tackling novel internet, social media, and cyberlaw cases as well as traditional cases involving breach of contract, trade secret misappropriation, defamation, trademarks, copyrights, right of publicity, and privacy. More at https://saperlaw.com/ About Don’t Delete Art: Don’t Delete Art (DDA) strives to raise awareness and advocate for a more tolerant and inclusive digital environment for artists. We are dedicated to the protection and promotion of diverse forms of artistic expression on digital platforms, calling for companies to actively engage artists in the creation of more just and responsive moderation mechanisms and practices. DDA uses our platform and gallery to highlight censored voices and recognizes our position as an advocate and educator on the kinds of censorship artists face online and the role of digital platforms in ameliorating it. The project is a collaboration between the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC), Artists at Risk Connection, Freemuse, and artist-activists Emma Shapiro, Spencer Tunick, Savannah Spirit. It was convened in March 2020 by NCAC. More at https://www.dontdelete.art/ Daliah Saper, Saper Law Offices Emma Shapiro, Don’t Delete Art Elizabeth Larison, Don’t Delete Art
