The Imbesi Law Firm is based in Via Kennedy 170, Barcellona P.G. (ME).
The Firm works in the fields of Civil Law, IT Law, Copyright and related rights, and Show Business Law in general, providing legal advice and assistance to its clients, in judicial and out-of-court setting.
It is mainly concerned with the writing of assignment and license agreements, in addition to commercial contracts in general; it helps its clients to choose the protection strategies of their own activity.
Firm professionals actively take part, as speakers too, in conferences in the field of copyright; they are constantly committed in teaching and collaboration activity to write articles in the areas of competence.
Legal advice is provided by telephone, e-mail, on appointment and Skype.
Prescribed ethical and deontological principles are key elements in the activity of the firm, which aims at being a reference point for its clients.
The professional education and the continuous refresher about legislation, law, and technological news is very important.
Website:http://studiolegaleimbesi.net/
Per le consulenze in Meteria di Diritto dello Spettacolo lo studio riceve il Venerdì dalle 17:00 alle 20:00 fino al 30/07/2018.
FIELDS AND ACTIVITIES
Generally
Legal advice:
– Pre-contractual and contractual assistance and intermediation;
– Opinion writing in the area;
– Contract and unilateral act writing (orders, licenses, waivers, authorizations, disclosures, etc.), general terms and conditions (on paper and online);
– Intermediation and assistance for contract disputes, injunction and intimidation writing, debt collection.
Disagreement:
– Judicial mediation, protection and assistance in contracts and debt collection matters;
– Legal Protection and Assistance in all that concerns the possible contentious also deriving, inter alia, from contract violations, plagiarism, forgery, illicit use of music works or phonograms/master tapes/phonographic recordings.
Copyright and Related Rights
Legal advice:
– Author and artist protection on copyright and related rights issues;
– Contract writing and revision, licenses, waivers, etc.;
– Legal advice provided orally, by telephone, on Skype or Skymeeting, and through writing (opinions);
– Management, for and on behalf of the person concerned, of the relationships with the copyright collecting societies for authors, performers, phonogram producers such as S.I.A.E., S.C.F., A.F.I., Nuovo IMAIE, Soundreef etc.;
– Royalty collection.
Music, music publishing, music industry
Legal advice:
– Protection in general of the authors and composers of music works, and performers;
– Assistance in writing and stipulating music publishing contracts, record deals, master tape licenses, master tape selling, live shows, management;
– Arrangement and writing of contracts and model contracts of music publishing, record deals/phonographic recording contracts, licenses (master tapes, audio/video synchronisations), waivers for artists/concert halls, management contracts, live shows, tours;
– Care of the relationships and criticalities with the copyright collecting societies of authors, phonographic recording producers and performers, such as the Italian Society of Authors and Publishers, S.I.A.E., Società Consortile dei Fonografici SCF, Associazione Fonografici Italiani AFI, Audiocoop, Nuovo IMAIE (Istituto Mutualistico degli Artisti Interpreti ed Esecutori), Itsright, Soundreef;
–SIAE, SCF, IMAIE royalty collection.
Literary works, printed publishing, digital publishing, comics
Legal advice:
– Protection in general of literary work authors;
– Assistance in writing and stipulating printed publishing, translation, physical and digital distribution contracts;
– Model contract arrangement;
– Care of the relationships and criticalities with the copyright collecting societies of authors such as the Italian Society of Authors and Publishers S.I.A.E.;
– Royalty collection;
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Filmmaking and Television
Legal advice:
– Protection in general of cinematographic and audiovisual work authors;
– Assistance in writing and stipulating contracts and waivers;
– Model contract arrangement;
– Care of the relationships and criticalities with the copyright collecting societies of authors such as the Italian Society of Authors and Publishers S.I.A.E.;
– Royalty collection;
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Photography
Legal advice:
– Protection in general of photographic work authors;
– Assistance in writing and stipulating contracts and waivers;
– Model contract and waiver arrangement;
– Care of the relationships and criticalities with the copyright collecting societies of authors such as the Italian Society of Authors and Publishers S.I.A.E.;
– Royalty collection;
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Visual Arts
Legal advice:
– Protection in general of visual and plastic art work authors;
– Assistance in the writing and stipulation of contracts and waivers;
– Resale right, the right of the visual art work and manuscript author to an economic interest after the first sale of the originals of his own works;
– Royalty collection;
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Software and Databases
Legal advice:
– Protection in general of literary work authors;
– Assistance in writing and stipulating contracts and waivers;
– Model contract arrangement;
– S.I.A.E. deposit;
– Royalty collection;
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Image protection
Legal advice:
– Protection in general of literary work authors
– Assistance in stipulating printed publishing, translation, physical and digital distribution contracts.
– Care of the relationships and criticalities with the copyright collecting societies of authors such as the Italian Society of Authors and Publishers S.I.A.E..
Privacy and personal data processing
Legal advice:
– Analysis and management of company reports as for processing owner, manager and individuals in charge;
– Arrangement and revision of the documents needed for legislative compliance (contracts, processing for disclosure, policy paper on safety, letters of engagement, staff regulations, check lists, etc.);
– Professional opinions about personal data processing;
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IT and new technologies
Legal advice:
– Contract writing and revision in the field (IT, software and hardware, Internet, e-commerce, supply of IT goods and services, etc.);
– Assistance on electronic documents (writing and conservation, proofs with firm date, electronic signatures and time stamps, etc.);
– Internet Law (domain names, provider responsibility, from cybercrime, for injury and defamation, for personal data use, intellectual work use, IT safety, Digital Rights Management, software agents, etc.);
– Software deposit in the SIAE register, software patent applications;
– Telecommunication and advertising law;
– BancoPosta or Bancomat Card cloning: procedure to be followed in case of BancoPosta or pre-paid cards cloning, statement/complaint writing for happened cloning, legal assistance during the procedure until the recovery of sums;
– Legislation to be followed for professional, commercial and private website creation: assistance on content and modality choice while respecting legal or deontological norms, judgments about the respect for legislation in the area of e-commerce and copyright;
– Copyright and creative commons licenses: assistance and legal advice on the choice of the license type to create your own works and on the procedures to be followed in case of violation of the same;
– Privacy: assistance on the respect for privacy laws, to write the Policy Paper on Safety, to arrange the chapter related to privacy and personal data processing in contract writing and responsibilities assumption;
– IT and new technologies law: assistance and legal advice in the field of IT and new technologies law;
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Civil Law
Legal advice:
– Family Law and voluntary jurisdiction;
– Successions;
– Labour and social security law;
– Repossession of goods and real estate foreclosures;
– Debt collection;
– Personal injury;
– Co-owner and lease;
– Contracts;
ON-LINE FORM
The service of legal advice in out-of-the court setting for drawing up legal opinions, contracts and other legal acts is provided only by attorneys properly enrolled in the Bar.
Within 24 hours from the dispatch of this form, you will receive a free and non-binding quote, depending on the complexity of the issue, and the requester will be able to choose among different forms of legal advice:
- telephone legal advice;
- on-line legal advice sent by e-mail only;
- written legal advice anticipated by e-mail and sent by priority mail, with the signature of the appointed professional.
In the notice containing the quote, you will find, in addition, the name of the appointed attorney, the method of payment of the legal advice and all further law information.
Except for particularly complex issues, you will receive the legal opinion within 2 working days from the payment confirmation. A regular invoice issue, sent as electronic copy together with the legal opinion, will follow the received payment.
For insolvable issues by electronic means and when an attorney is needed instead, you can make an appointment at our law firm based in Barcellona P.G. calling the number +39 349.1993771.
WARNING: Sending this form shall be equivalent to a quote request and the applicant nor the recipient is bounded in any way. The non-payment followed to the dispatch of the quote shall be equivalent to a request surrender without further communication needed. The dispatch of the request implies the general terms and conditions to be fully understood and accepted.
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SEMINARY
In the field of Music Law and Bussiness. the internal reference of the law firm is Dr. Carmelo Imbesi, teacher and concertist.
He graduated in Legal Studies in 2009 at the Law at the University of Messina with the thesis: “La crittografica: L’arte di non farsi Capire”.
He earned the Five-years Master’s Degree in 2015 with the thesis: “Licenze Creative Commons: Verso il Copyright 2.0”.
He obtained the Show Business Law’ Master with Altalex Counseling and currently practises the profession of legal advisor and assistant in Show Business Organisation and Legislation, and Copyright at the Alfano-Imbesi Law Firm in Barcellona P.g., also regularly holding seminars on subject.
It ‘a Doctors of Law at the Court of Barcelona Pozzo di Gotto.
Seminary: Programma del Corso
