Legal pitfalls of copyright, social media and new privacy laws to be tackled at CommsCon conference

Tim Burrowes

February 19, 2014 11:42

Agencyland’s best known lawyer Stephen von Muenster is to present a question-and-answer workshop at next month’s CommsCon conference aimed at helping communications professionals keep their brands out of trouble.

The founder of von Muenster Solicitors & Attorneys, will address topics including legally safe social media engagement, how changes to privacy laws will affect brands and the current copyright crackdown on PR agencies’ use of newspaper and magazine cuttings.

Questions for von Muenster can also be submitted by delegates in advance by emailing event producer Denise Jinks denise@focalattractions.com.au.

CommsCon – aimed at PR and communications professionals – takes place in Sydney on Thursday March 20. The draft program for the event can be seen via this link, with discounted early bird tickets available until the end of next week.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.