Sunday, 2 June 2013

Copyright

Copyright gives the creator the grant to have their work protected. some of the rights include the right to produce, the right to reproduce the work, perform, display and more. Copyright stops others from using your work but not the general idea.

Lots of artist have gone through situations to do with copyright for example take a look at Shepard Fairey he was fined and sentenced for using an unauthorized AP photo and for also forging documents to hide that it was an unauthorized AP photo for his poster "Hope".




 Another situation involving copyright is Andy Warhol who was accused of copyright infringement by The Velvet Underground over  their iconic famous banana logo being for use on other products. For more information visit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19555588



Here's an example of a different situation involving copyright but it hasn't really gone to court. Elsinore is believed to have copied a Roy Lichtenstein Image for an album for a band. Which is copyright infringement. For more information visit: http://clancco.com/wp/2010/05/copyright-pop-art_fair-use_cease-desist/


When it comes to copyright just be careful with your work so you wont get into trouble with the law so if you do use somebody else's work make sure you state that it isn't your work and give the artist or the creator credit for there work or make sure you get permission to use it.


 
Social Media
 
In Social Media if you post something which has been copyrighted. It doesn´t mean that the site owns your work it stills belongs to the owner. The only thing is by agreeing to post your work  on the site it gives them a license to use your work without payment. It just depends on the content on the terms and conditions.

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