Saturday, August 25, 2012
New tutorial
New Tutorial
New Signature Tags
Ralph Macrey
New Signature Tags
Here are some new tags made from the following Artist
Judy Mastrangelo
Judy Mastrangelo
Monika Ptok- Byard
Copyright & Copyright Compliancy
Each day someone, somewhere stumbles across an item (artwork or PSP tubes for the purpose of our topic) which they enjoy so much they want to use it for non-profit use or for profit use in some cases. Some do so not realizing it is against the law, others simply don't care. We have asked Tori Beveridge (an ADI artist) to present her thoughts on Copyright and Copyright Compliancy. Her article is below:
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Thoughts on Copyright
and Copyright Compliancy
by
Tori Beveridge
If your head
starts to spin, you see stars, and sing lalalalala, in a state of confusion,
when you hear the word copyright, it's okay.
You're not alone. Many people
don't understand it. I was asked by
Artistic Dreams Imaging, the company that licenses my artwork for resale as
tubes, to write an article for them, on what copyright
compliancy means to me, the artist.
I'll keep it
simple.
Copyright
compliancy means to respect and honor my wishes as to how my art is used. Copyright means exactly what it says... it
gives the creator of a creative work the exclusive right to decide and control
who can and cannot distribute, make copies of, make derivative works of or
perform or display their originals. So, in other words... if you make a pixel
painting, you get to control who can make copies of it and how they do it.
Follow my
Terms of Use and follow the terms of use of any company I am licensed
with. That is all I ask. It is common courtesy and a very simple
request. It is respect. You wouldn't come into my house and repaint
my chair or remove and take home the seat cushion from it, so you shouldn't do
the same thing to my art, unless, of course, I give you permission to. I hold the rights by ownership to decide what
is done to my chair. I hold the rights
by ownership to decide what is done with and to my art. My Terms of Use are my contract with you and
tell you what you can and cannot do with my art. Respect.
Trust. Honor. Courtesy.
I am giving it to you by allowing you to use my art per my terms. All I ask is that you return that courtesy,
honor, trust and respect.
The Terms of
Use is the artist's contract with you.
All any artist wants is for you to follow their Terms of Use, which is
why it is so important for every artist to have their Terms of Use clearly
stated on their sites and blogs and social media sites. If an artist licenses their work, the company
may have different terms of use for the licensed art. You must also follow that company's Terms of
Use. An artist may have different terms
of use for different pieces of art. Some
art they may license, some they may not.
Digital stamps, for example may have different terms of use than
tubes. A popular way of displaying the
terms of use for digital stamps is by titling the terms "Angel
Policy". Follow all of the terms,
regardless of their title, to the letter.
Every artist will have different terms of use. It is your responsibility to read the terms
and follow them or you risk breaking the terms of the contract. Be aware that these terms are a legal
contract. Terms may change without
notice. It is your responsibility to
keep yourself up to date with an artist's terms.
Copyright
getting a little clearer?
Years and
years ago, before the first tube store was born, I wrote lessons on
understanding copyrights for the tagging community. These lessons still apply today. They were written to be easy to understand.
Read
them. Direct people to them. Link to them. Do NOT, however, post my printed lessons, or
excerpts thereof, on your sites or groups.
The Zone Groups is the only group who has my permission to post my
lessons. (<--- notice the terms of use I threw in there)
A Little Note To The Artists: (all artists, of
all kinds and mediums)
Please do not simply say "Do Not Steal My
Art" on your site or gallery or blog, etc.
What you consider stealing and what the person browsing the internet
considers stealing may be two totally different things. If you are displaying your art online, you
need a Terms of Use page. Your Terms of
Use must be stated clearly and completely.
If you do not want your whole unaltered art displayed with a link to
your site on their blog, state that. If
you do not want your art tubed or to be used in sig tagging or facebook covers,
etc. state that. You must spell out
exactly what you do and do not want done with your art. It may take a paragraph, it may take a page,
but state your terms clearly. If your
art is licensed, state that it is, and with who you are licensed and refer to
that companies terms of use. State
clearly that they must follow "Such and Such Company's" terms of use
as well, if that company permits use of your art.
I hope your
head doesn't spin quite so much when you see or hear the word copyright. Be kind to others who do not understand
copyright. Remember we all had to start
somewhere, sometime, and not all of us understood or knew about copyrights from
the beginning.
Pass it on.
Education is key.
© 2012 by Tori
Beveridge www.cruzines.com All rights
reserved.
Friday, August 24, 2012
Tori Beveridge
I did up another set using Tori Beveridge's artwork. I hope you like it.
There is a matching stationery and snaggables/extras for you if you like.
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