Open Media Legal Hackathon

Chapters of LegalHackers.org across the globe will participate in an Open Media Legal Hackathon throughout the month of October.

FRI:  5:30-8:00PM -- The DFW Legal Hackers will kick off our hack Friday, October 26th, with a mixer at Deep Ellum Art Company.

SAT:  9:30AM-Noon -- We resume events the morning of Saturday, October 27th at Deep Ellum Art Co., with learning/discussion sessions -- where we'll explore the issues creatives face, and propose solutions for ownership, control, exchange of property rights to data and other digital assets from the artist/creator vantage point in the music and media industry context. 

SATURDAY TOPICS:

• Virtual Reality & Trademark/Copyright issues
• AI & the impact to art & music “as we know it…”
• Festival & Event Management tools
• New/creative approaches to Trademark protection and Fashion
• ERC 721, nonfungible tokens and the transfer of unique creations
• Q&A over lunch

SAT:  1:00PM-2:00PM -- After lunch, we'll conclude the event with a presentation from the hack teams.

More details in the coming days, and also see:  http://legalhackathon.org/

Events are free, but you must REGISTER TO ATTEND.  (You may RSVP for the Friday kickoff, the Saturday panels and presentations -- or both!)

Who Should Attend???

• LAWYERS - attorneys from areas such as Entertainment, IP, Technology, First Amendment;
• ARTISTS - from music to video to mixed media, etc.;
• TECH/CREATIVES - coders, developers, digital media pros.