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Carnival of Darkness

Sherri

The Pamlico Writers have a small part in this upcoming event. The Carnival of Darkness Film Festival begins Friday, September 22nd, 5-10 pm we will be on hand to announce the winners of our 2023 Haunted Pamlico/ Pamlico Writers Writing Contest. Join us at Raised in a Barn Farm 2100 NC 33 E Chocowinity, North Carolina

Tickets are available at the door or through Arts of the Pamlico

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This year’s winners will have their submission performed and recorded! For more information check out their website:

https://www.hauntedpamlico.com/carnival-of-darkness-film-fest

Saturday, September 23rd, 10 am to 5pm the Haunted Pamlico will present a selection of the winning film submissions for their fifth annual Carnival of Darkness Film Festival. The films will be screened at the historic Turnage Theatre, 150 West Main Street Washington, North Carolina.

Sponsors of Carnival of Darkness include Nights of Fright/Raised in a Barn Farm; Haunted Pamlico/Alternative Stage, our developing nonprofit; Ken and Marj Harrington; Russ and Robin Woolard; Pamela Anderson/AdMix Agency; McCabe’s Costumes of Winterville and anonymous donors. The festival is supported through box-office and marketing services by Arts of the Pamlico and the Turnage Theater. Our partners include Rock the Pamlico and the Pamlico Writers Group. Our festival is staffed by actors, directors, makeup artists, screenwriters, and technicians who have been involved in theater and independent filmmaking for many years. Some of Haunted Pamlico’s short films have enjoyed viral success and have been seen at festivals from Canada to Wilmington, N.C. We co-produce films by sci-fi, horror, and suspense filmmakers living in eastern North Carolina. We host screenings of original work. With our parent organization, Alternative Stage, we’ve presented original plays that have helped raise tens of thousands of dollars for area charities. We are honored to bring you a festival that supports the films of artists the world over.

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A Night of Copyright with Rob Monath

Sherri

We were thrilled to have copyright attorney, Rob Monath give a presentation Tuesday, August 22nd. It was a full gallery. Rob is the husband of Pamlico Writers’ program director and secretary, Mandy Monath and they are a dynamic duo. We will definitely have to have Rob back because I know there were many unanswered questions. There are so many layers to copyright law depending on whether you are writing books, poetry, or even blog articles. Rob did his best to give us the basics but I think he could offer a program every quarter and there would still be more questions to ask.

The one thing I took away as an author is this, fixation. Fixation is an important part of the legal process for copyright. Make notes, document everything. It has to exist in some format in order to be protected.

Copyright law was designed to protect the appropriation of intellectual property (Elizabethan period).

You don’t have to register your copyright for it to be protected. BUT…you cannot go to Federal Court without having registered your copyright prior to going to court. If you wait until you need copyright you might miss out on financial compensation for damages and loss of income prior to the date of registration.