TOPIC 4

C O P Y R I G H T A N D O T H E R L E G A L S T U F F

COPYRIGHT IS AUTOMATIC

You don’t have to use the © symbol

PROTECTS YOUR ARTWORK

Does not protect your concepts, ideas, style or technique

LIFETIME PROTECTION

Plus 70 years beyond the time of your death

PERMISSION TO USE

You need permission to use somebody else's intellectual property

Fast facts about copyright

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EMPLOYEES BEWARE

Worked created as an employee belongs to your employer

PERCENTAGE

There is no such thing as the 10% rule

PROVING OWNERSHIP

Keep a visual record or roughs as ‘proof of creation’.

SELLING COPYRIGHT

You can sell the copyright to your work if you wish

Fast facts about copyright

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S T O P S T E A L I N G

T H E W O R K O F O T H E R S

THE STUDENT WHO CREATED THIS ARTWORK WAS AT RISK OF

BREACHING COPYRIGHT.

WHY?

Artist: Sachin Teng

Under the Fair Dealing section of

the Copyright Act 1968 you can use

images (i.e. Google Images) created by

other artists for the purposes of

education / study in your quest to

learn and acquire new skills.

O T H E R E X A M P L E S

O R I G I N A L

Grim Reaper Wallpaper

Artist: Unknown

S T U D E N T W O R K

O R I G I N A L S T U D E N T W O R K

Artist: Alice X. Zhang

O R I G I N A L S T U D E N T W O R K

O R I G I N A L S T U D E N T W O R K

Artist: Sean Morris

O R I G I N A L S T U D E N T W O R K

Artist: Anke Weckmann

S O M E F A M O U S

R I P - O F F S

"She has a hot ass"

S T O P O T H E R S F R O M

S T E A L I N G Y O U R W O R K

SALLY LAND

C A S E S T U D Y

ONLINE

Ensure your image is no bigger than say 600pixels wide

ADD A WATERMARK

Or disable the ‘Save Image As…’ option

TERMS & CONDITIONS

Include a ‘copyright disclaimer’ in your terms and conditions

Ways to protect your work

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Develop a ‘cease and desist’ message just in case.4

MORE INFO

P L A C E S F O R R E S E A R C H

W H A T A B O U T U S ?

THINGS TO RESEARCH

•How to enforce Copyright?

•Assigning VERSUS licensing rights

•What is ‘Intellectual Property’?

•What are Moral Rights?

•Methods for protecting your artwork

•What is a contract agreement?

•How to deal with problem clients

•What are creative commons?

A F T E R T H E B R E A K

TEAMS 6-11MACLAB

PA205

TEAMS 1-5TEAMWORK

PA210