Copyright's

Something all artists must consider in some form or another are copyright issues.  This was an interesting read and explains a bit: http://www.sculpture.org/documents/scmag05/may_05/webspecs/grant.shtml

"Based on your experience, what are the top three things you think artists should know about copyright if they are new to this professional concern?"

"I'd advise they learn how copyright arises in respect to the work that they create. They should also know about how ownership of copyright works; for example, they should make sure that if they create a work on commission for someone else, or someone makes a work for them, that there is an initial agreement on who the copyright owner is, what the copyright owner can do with the work, and the specified payment of a fee—or no fee. The third area I'd advise is learning a bit about how to avoid getting sued for copyright infringement. This included how to incorporate other people's work into their work and not going too far into the area of infringement. Within these three areas, there are a number of sub-issues, but what I've said is a general introduction covering most of it."

Some more information here :http://www.sculpture.org/documents/scmag09/may_09/copy/copy.shtml

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