Film Your IP

Their film, Copyflights, uses paper planes to evoke both the free flight of ideas and the vulnerability of unprotected creative works to theft by the "men in black."

As future journalists, copyright is an issue close to the students' hearts. Team member Aleksandra Zborovskaya told WIPO Magazine that they had learned about IP the hard way, when some original scripts which they had submitted to an advertising company were misappropriated. "We made such a mistake because of lack of experience and information," she said. "But now, as creators, we know our rights and want to warn others to be more careful."

While noting that the use of the © symbol in the film as short-hand for all IP protection was...