Idea Theft

Last week I went to a "bootcamp" for lawyers and artists of all kinds.  The gist of the whole thing was for all to talk about issues where law and the business of being an artist intersect.  Just the kind of topics we at Remain Creative like to munch up for snacks.

Except.

This wasn't incredibly helpful.  Sigh. What, you may ask, do I mean?
Well, there was a session on the need to make a digital platform -- using the internet as DIY marketing and building a base.  But the person presenting did little more than list great social media platforms. Meanwhile a few of the Creative Professionals expressed a level of discomfort with things as commonplace as Facebook, because, as they couched it, they were afraid of losing their "privacy."

I admit, that reason in and of itself is somewhat annoying. (Just don't share what you don't want to share, right?) But I seriously thought their discomfort was due more to an uneasiness with losing the claim to their creative ideas.  And I can totally understand that.

I find that this post really does a great job of addressing the real and boogey monster of Idea Theft.

http://www.lawlawlandblog.com/2011/03/qa_how_do_i_protect_myself_fro.html#more