Publishing

We can offer you sector-specific advice on:

• Clearance and acquisition of content and rights
• Publishing contracts – drafting and advising on all types of author, illustrator, ghost writer, translator, editor and project manager contracts for print and digital media
• Advising on royalty and payment structures, interpretation of rights and key performance terms
• Electronic publishing – advising on new media and digital exploitation of content including via digital subscription services, cloud based services, virtual learning environments and apps
• Audio publishing – advising on the audio exploitation of content, including the acquisition or reversion of audio rights, clearance issues, and drafting and advising on all types of audio and podcasting agreements such as publishing, production, and distribution agreements
• Book to screen and book to stage deals – advising authors, agents and publishers on book to screen and book stage deals, including drafting and negotiating option agreements and writers agreements
• Pre-publication advice – libel, privacy, copyright, data protection and other pre-publication advice, and advice on marketing and advertising campaigns, including in social media and more traditional media
• Magazines, newspapers and journals – advising publishers, freelance journalists, artists and photographers
• Data protection – advising publishers and agencies on GDPR requirements such as data audits and reviews, creating privacy notices and data protection policies and assisting in all aspects of data breaches and security incidents
• E-commerce – advice for new publishing apps, websites and digital services
• Brand licensing – advising on licensing and use of brands, including advice to publishers and others on their brand portfolios and merchandising opportunities
• Literary estates – advising on estate planning for authors and their agents, administering literary estates, copyright and rights issues, and brand management and protection
• Corporate and commercial services – advising on acquisitions, joint ventures, outsourcing and financing arrangements as well as commercial agreements such as distribution agreements and commercial agents’ agreements
• Disputes – strategic advice and risk assessment in relation to publishing related disputes, including over interpretation and breach of contract terms and intellectual property

• Working with major UK publishers including Hachette, Bloomsbury and Egmont on a variety of intellectual property, commercial and data privacy matters
• Advising up-and-coming and established authors, high-profile individuals, household brands and literary estates (including the Estate of Terry Pratchett) on a range of publishing deals and copyright issues
• Advising literary agencies on talent agreements, corporate arrangements, and employment issues
• Advising publishing start-ups, including the award winning Edtech platform BibliU, on commercial and data protection issues
• Assisting journal publishers and societies on publishing agreements, sales agent terms and data protection matters, including The Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery and the Federation of European Biochemical Societies
• Advising rights-holders on copyright infringement, unauthorised works and parodies
• Advising players across the publishing industry on the impact of the new EU Copyright Directive
• Developing an online data protection toolkit for the Publishers Association to help publishers get GDPR-ready

• Zoey will be tutoring “Understanding Copyright” for the Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers on 17 June 2020