Copyright for Artists What Every Artist and Art Student Needs to Know
United States Copyright Office Why do we need copyright? 1. Recognition and Compensation 2. Theft Prevention 3. Incentive Copyright Laws Benefit Society
What’s protected? Courtesy of Wordle.net
Copying from the Old Masters Can you ever copy other works of art? NGA Images What is “Public Domain”? Getting Written Permissions From National Gallery Website
Using Photo References
Work From Life Or Your Own Photos
Obama Hope Poster Chihuly Lawsuits
Fair Use Four Factors +1 “1. The purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes 2. The nature of the copyrighted work 3. The amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole 4. The effect of the use upon the potential market for, or value of, the copyrighted work” +1 Transformative --United States Copyright OfficeUnited States Copyright Office
How does Fair Use affect you as an art student? Your art projects? Your presentations?
Creative Commons Project Website Copyright Slider University of Minnesota Copyright Page
Works Cited “ Copyright Registration for Works of Visual Arts.” Copyright Circular 40. Sept. 2012: n. pag. Copyright: United States Copyright Office Library of Congress. Web. 20 Feb Geartz, Robert. “Obama ‘Hope’ Poster Artist Dodges Jail Time.” New York Daily News. 7 Sept. 2012: n. pag. New York Daily News Website. Web. 25 Feb Kelleher, Susan and Sheila Farr. “Chihuly Turns Up the Heat in Competing Glass Artists.” Seattle Times. 29 April 2010: n. pag. Seattle Times Online. Web. 22 Feb Owens, Simon. “The Growing Adoption of Creative Commons Textbooks.” U. S. News & World Report. 17 Jan. 2013: n. pag. U. S. News Online. Web. 25 Feb “Thinking Through Fair Use.” Copyright Basics. University of Minnesota Libraries Web. 20 Feb