Kelsey Nordstrom

Submitted by New Media Rights on Fri, 01/11/2019 - 4:54pm

Staff: 

Legal Intern

Joined NMR in: 

January 2019

Kelsey received her Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University Monterey Bay. She majored in Human Communications with a concentration in Pre-Law. After finishing her undergrad, Kelsey moved to San Diego to attend California Western School of Law. 

Kelsey is a third year law student at California Western School of Law. She is passionate about protecting the rights of others, especially those of vulnerable populations. Prior to joining New Media Rights, Kelsey participated in California Western's USPTO Trademark Clinic where she earned an Academic Excellence Award for her work in the clinic. In addition, Kelsey volunteered with California Western's Community Law Project, which provides legal advice to low-income and indigent members of the local San Diego community. 

Kelsey is thrilled to be a part of New Media Rights. She is looking forward to helping artists, creators, and musicians protect their unique creations. Upon graduation, Kelsey hopes to practice intellectual property law.

In her free time, Kelsey enjoys playing the piano, creative writing, and taking her chiweenie, Cooper, to the OB dog beach.

Donate to New Media Rights through December 31st to help us compete in the Crowdrise Holiday Challenge

Submitted by New Media Rights last modified Sun, 12/23/2018 - 9:16pm

New Media Rights is honored to be invited and competing for over $300,000 in the Crowdrise Holiday Challenge. 
 
Starting NOW, you can help us rise to the challenge by going to our Crowdrise fundraiser page and clicking “Join the Team.” No donation is required to become a team member and show your support, however, donating helps us compete for other bonuses. Once you’ve joined our team though, you can donate to our campaign through our Crowdrise fundraiser page, where we’re collecting all our donations this holiday season. 
 
The signup process is easy: if you already have a Crowdrise account, just visit our fundraiser page and click “Join the Team.” If you don’t have a Crowdrise account, you can click here for a step by step process on how to sign up! 
 
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After you join the team and donate today, keep an eye out for December 5th. Between December 5th - 19th you can help us with the "active team member" challenge. This challenge awards a $5,000 bonus to the organization that has the most "active team members" between December 5th and 19th. An active team member is one who joins our team and raises at least $10 dollars between December 5th and December 19th. With your help, we think we’ll be able to win. 
 
Please join our team and donate ASAP. Your donation will help us build on our 2018 Accomplishments.
 
We appreciate your support for this competition, and we wish you a wonderful holiday season!
 
Thank you, 
Art, Shaun, Erika & the New Media Rights Team

 

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Our 2018 Accomplishments!

Submitted by New Media Rights last modified Tue, 11/20/2018 - 4:16pm

Whether you’ve joined us as a Student or Open Internet Defender, we’re stronger than ever thanks to support from individuals like you!

If you haven’t become a Supporter, we need your support more than ever this year. Please consider joining our community of supporters by making a donation and help us continue to fulfill our mission to:

  • Provide free and dramatically reduced fee one-to-one legal services to underserved creators and innovators that need specialized help with Internet, intellectual property, media, and technology law
  • Defend the Open Internet and push for badly needed copyright reform.
  • Create high quality legal educational materials and to educate the next generation of lawyers.

With your support we’ve done this and more in 2018:

In 2019 with your support, we plan to:

  • Continue to provide free and dramatically reduced fee one-to-one legal services to 500+ underserved creators and innovators.
  • Sponsor and organize various workshops, clinics, and community events throughout the San Diego region and the United States about privacy law, copyright law and digital rights.
  • Work on policy initiatives including securing expanded exemptions to section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and fighting to preserve net neutrality.

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Urban Beats works to de-stigmatize mental health issues through creative expression

Submitted by New Media Rights last modified Thu, 03/21/2019 - 12:26pm

New Media Rights works with a variety of different local organizations that use the arts and media to make a social impact on their local community. One of these organizations is Urban Beats, located here in San Diego.

Urban Beats is a program for Transitional Age Youth (TAY) that works to de-stigmatize mental health issues and enhance wellness through creative expression. The program also provides a space for TAY to freely express themselves, and encourages members to explore the creative arts and job opportunities within the San Diego community. 

New Media Rights Staff Attorney Erika Lee and Student Fellow Brittany Hernandez recently spoke to Urban Beats staff about copyright, licensing, and fair use.

Ignatius Nguyen, Youth Support Partner at Urban Beats, had this to say about working with New Media Rights:

“New Media Rights made copyright laws into digestible bite sized information for my team and I. The program I work for works closely with artists and musicians so this information is essential. When I first tried to study the subject on my own, I found it difficult because there are many sources and legalities to understand, and it was information overload.

Erika and Brittany who came in to teach our staff were extremely knowledgeable and helpful. After their workshop, my staff and I feel much more confident with the content we put onto our social media. Thanks New Media Rights!”

Hernandez could see the Urban Beats staff’s compassion for the young people they serve: “I was impressed by the staff’s dedication to providing them with a creative outlet to express their thoughts, ideas, and experiences. Not to mention their commitment to further educating themselves in the relevant areas of the law that affect the projects they work on with the youth. I was happy to be able to further the goals and the mission of the organization by providing information about copyright, which is intricately connected to their methods for helping the young people of this community.”

Staff Attorney Erika Lee said “Urban Beats is using media and the arts to do such amazing work for the San Diego community. We are thankful that New Media Rights could be a go-to resource for a group that is passionate about addressing important issues in our community like mental health and wellness.”

New Media Rights is proud to have been able to speak with the staff at Urban Beats to help them understand how copyright law affects their projects.

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Newsletter: Here's what we've accomplished this year with your support!

Submitted by New Media Rights last modified Thu, 11/15/2018 - 11:58am

Here's the work we've accomplished with your support in 2018! Also, you'll have a chance to continue to protect fair use, net neutrality, and privacy through our upcoming Giving Tuesday (November 27) challenge with Crowdrise. We've worked hard this year to provide important legal services to hundreds of artists, creators, and innovators throughout the world. Here's a glance at some of the work we've done this year:
You can read more about the work we've accomplished over the last year by visiting our 2018 Accomplishments page.
 
The Copyright Office is modernizing the online registration system, and we want to hear from you!
We are currently working on a regulatory proceeding about modernizing the way we register copyrights with the Copyright Office. If you have ever registered a copyright online using the Electronic Copyright Office (eCO) Registration System, or if you have ever used the Copyright Office's online Public Records Catalog, please fill out our survey.

All the best,

Art, Shaun, Erika and the entire New Media Rights team

Please remember New Media Rights is an independently funded nonprofit program and we rely on individual donors to support our work. Without donations from individuals like you, these services simply won't exist. Become an NMR Supporter and ensure this service exists for years to come! 

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Forbes Blog: Freelance Contributor Agreements

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New Media Rights published a 6-article series all about Freelance Contributor Agreements! If you're a freelance writer or self-publisher, this series covers some basic points to help you navigate a freelance agreement. Here are the articles in the series:

No matter what type of creative professional you are, it can be difficult to make a living as a freelancer. "But don’t be too quick to jump at an opportunity to have your written work, photos, or video published. You want to make sure before you start working with the publisher that you have a written and signed contract that outlines each party’s rights and responsibilities." The series focuses on the importance of having an agreement in place if you're working freelance and producing content.

You can read our Freelance Contributor series at Forbes.com. Check out other Forbes articles from New Media Rights here, including articles on topics like copyright, trademark, trade secrets, patents, music licenses, navigating a lawsuit (part 1, 2, and 3), the importance of branding choices, responsible enforcement of your rights (part 1 on copyright enforcement, part 2 on trademark enforcement, and part 3 on responding to defamation), and the new California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018.

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Paul Detwiler's Documentary "San Diego's Gay Bar History" illuminates San Diego's LGBTQ history

Submitted by New Media Rights last modified Thu, 05/28/2020 - 2:03pm

San Diego’s Gay Bar History is a documentary by Filmmaker Paul Detwiler that traces the development of the gay bar as a community institution in San Diego. The documentary examines the role gay bars have played in community gathering and organizing during four time periods: before the birth of the modern gay rights movement, during the 1970’s, during the AIDS epidemic (1981-1990’s), all the way through their role in the present day. 

Documentaries often need a variety of legal services, from hiring a crew, to copyright, fair use and licensing, to distribution agreements. New Media Rights works with a variety of documentary and fictional video creators to overcome the legal hurdles to making their productions a reality.
 
Filmmaker Paul Detwiler had this to say about working with New Media Rights.
 
"It was a pleasure to work with the capable staff of New Media Rights on this project. They worked quickly to review my film and provide a legal analysis of the materials we used, and gave clear recommendations on any issues with usage rights. Without their help, we would not have been able to obtain Errors and Omissions insurance coverage, which was necessary for the film to be broadcast on our San Diego PBS affiliate station, KPBS. The affordable legal services they provide is a boon for independent filmmakers, as well as other media content creators. I will certainly solicit their help with my future projects. Thanks NMR!"
 
Executive Director Art Neill said "New Media Rights is proud to have helped on the legal side to ensure that San Diego's Gay Bar History got insured and distributed. The film tells a largely unheard but important story about our region." New Media Rights legal interns Bridgitte Castro and Tyler Reddy worked with Executive Director Art Neill to support the film on a variety of legal needs.
 
This testimonial does not constitute a guarantee,warranty, or prediction regarding the outcome of your legal matter.

 

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The New Narrative: Storytelling and Community in San Diego, California

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The New Narrative  is a storytelling series started by Nathan Young in San Diego, California. The events have a theme (ie. Family, Communication, Identity, Relationships) and 6-8 speakers, with hundreds of people in attendance. The events go beyond storytelling, the goal being to "define the narrative for our lives and shape it towards the path of creating a healthier, more fulfilling, equitable, and sustainable world." New Narrative events create a community gathering space, and forum to discuss important subjects in novel and productive ways.

To make such an event and accompanying online presence work, there are legal needs along the way. New Media Rights was glad to be able to provide services to the New Narrative to help draft documents and address questions that arise when hosting and filming storytelling events.

Nathan Young, organizer of the New Narrative had this to say about working with New Media Rights.

"The New Narrative is a shoestring creative endeavor. Without the help of Art Neill and New Media Rights we might not have been able to move forward with the project. New Media Rights was able to offer us the legal services we needed to publish the content we helped create and protect our digital assets as independent content creators. They were able to offer as a set of tailored services all at a rate we could afford."

Hernandez had this to say
"New Media Rights is dedicated to helping creators and innovators like Mr. Young protect their visions. Through our collaboration with Mr. Young, we were able to identify the various legal services he would need in order to ensure a fluid and successful event where his rights and the rights of the speakers and the attendees were considered and protected."
Executive Director Art Neill said "New Media Rights continues to play special role here in San Diego, as a go-to resource for a variety of arts nonprofits and projects throughout the City." Students Brittany Hernandez and Rojina Harirparsa worked with Neill on the project.

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Fall 2018 Newsletter - Our Work and New California Laws Support Net Neutrality & Consumer Privacy

Submitted by New Media Rights last modified Tue, 12/03/2019 - 2:49pm

 

Here's what we've been up to lately:

Welcome to Our Fall 2018 Team!

This fall we welcomed our new team, including 2 returning student fellows. Over 100 students have  worked with us over the years serving internet users, artists, and small businesses. To our team both current and past, thank you!

Don't Panic! Reaches 1000th Sale

We’ve sold over 1000 copies of our book, Don’t Panic! A Legal Guide (in plain English) For Small Businesses and Creative Professionals! Don’t Panic is now used in over 10 graduate and undergraduate courses across the country to teach legal concepts to non-lawyers studying to work in journalism, film, game development and more. You can get your copy of Don’t Panic today, or contact us to get a sample syllabus for incorporating it into your classroom.

NMR Addresses the New California Consumer Privacy Act in Forbes Article

In June, California passed a new consumer privacy law that could have a significant impact on both consumers and businesses alike. You can read more about it in "What You Should Know About The New California Consumer Privacy Law" on our Forbes blog.

NMR Urges California Legislators to Enact State-based Net Neutrality Protections

We've advocated for Net Neutrality for the last decade, and in back in April we showed our support for SB 822, which would, for California, restore and expand on important net neutrality protections that the FCC repealed last December. That bill was signed into law in early October. The Justice Department immediately filed suit to try to block the law from taking effect. At the same time, 22 states continue to sue the federal government asking for reinstatement of the federal net neutrality rules.

Telephone Consumer Protection Act Guides

We have two detailed guides available explaining the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. One is a guide for consumers to protect themselves from unwanted telemarketing, and the other is a best practices guide for small businesses, including online services, businesses, and nonprofits that need to contact users. If you're tired of getting spam calls and texts, or you're a business that needs to contact consumers, check them out to learn about your rights and responsibilities.

New Arts & IP Volunteer Lawyer Organizations List

While we do our best to provide free and low cost legal services, we’re only one organization. So we’ve put together a national list of Arts and IP Volunteer Lawyer Organizations for creators, entrepreneurs, and even other lawyers to help find other legal organizations working to fill the justice gap.

All the best,

Art, Shaun, Erika and the entire New Media Rights team

Please remember New Media Rights is an independently funded nonprofit program and we rely on individual donors to support our work. Without donations from individuals like you, these services simply won't exist. Become an NMR Supporter and ensure this service exists for years to come! 

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Forbes Blog: Navigating a Lawsuit Part 3 - What Happens After You Retain a Lawyer?

Submitted by New Media Rights last modified Thu, 11/15/2018 - 12:06pm

New Media Rights' latest blog post is all about navigating a lawsuit, and what happens after you hire an attorney. Special thanks to our co-author, Lauren Hanley-Brady, who is one of our advisory board members, and a former NMR intern!

A lawsuit can consume vast amounts of time and money, and unfortunately is not normally something that can be resolved quickly. But the judicial process can operate much more smoothly if you are aware of what happens in the first stages and the consequences of not meeting the various requirements in the first stages of a lawsuit. The more you know upfront, the easier the path to resolution will be.

"This is why finding an attorney quickly after receiving the complaint is so important, because if you miss a deadline for filing various documents, there are consequences." For example, one of the consequences of not answering a complaint made against you is that you could lose your entire case by default, which means that you would likely have to pay the plaintiff the money that they demanded in their initial complaint.

You can read "You Just Got Served Part 3: What Happens After You Retain A Lawyer" at Forbes.com. Check out other Forbes articles from New Media Rights here, including articles on topics like copyright, trademark, trade secrets, patents, music licenses, navigating a lawsuit (part 1 and 2), the importance of branding choices, responsible enforcement of your rights (part 1 on copyright enforcement, part 2 on trademark enforcement, and part 3 on responding to defamation), and the new California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018.

 

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