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hey guys -- hey Kayne, I thought you -- or someone -- might be able to give me a little information on copyrights -- how it works and how I go about getting a copyright for my deck........ thanks in advance.
Hey, joya!
After seeing your Star card for the F.A.C.T., I can't wait to see a whole deck by you!
I found a very useful (and easy to understand!) website called Copyright Website (http://www.benedict.com/). It goes over everything from video to audio to digital, so hopefully the issues you're looking for will be covered there.
Good luck with your deck!
Peace,
Melvis
:TSTRE
Great question Joya! And thanks for the link Melvis. :)
I probably don't know as much about this as I should do... On my 21st Century Tarot I have placed a very obvious Copyright message on each card to (hopefully) prevent people from using it without my permission...
Kayne's Celtic tarot poped up all over the place on the net after putting it here and I found it really rude that people had not set up a link to my site or accredited my name as the creator of it... but I guess that is the price of putting your stuff online...
Anyone else know more about this?
~Kayne
hey guys ----- look what I found:
http://www.copyright.gov/
btw Kayne -- I'm sorry to hear about people "stealing" your images. you're right -- once it's online, it can be anybody's deal. ..... sigh.
me again. okay. emailed someone over at the government --- and they actually emailed back! gasp!
the deal is -- you can copywrite your deck, once it is completed, for $30. You can send it all in a pack, along with the form you can get online (I assume), and a check.
easier than I thought!!!!!! however, even though it's copywrited... I guess you can't really enforce it.... unless, of course, you have a publishing house or something behind you, since they have more "clout."
Faerie Lin
21-05-2002, 17:17
If ya'll are posting your tarot designs on a website, you can get a free script that will disable the rightclick feature. You can edit the message that will pop up to say anything you want, like "Stop it! You Big CopyCat!" lol
There are various sites to download it from for free. Here is one of them.
http://javascript.internet.com/page-details/no-right-click.html
Lin
those things are easy to get around tho. Ive doneit beause Iwantedto sae some to my puter for looking at without having to get online and have got around it. On a non windows computer they often dont work at all.
Faerie Lin
21-05-2002, 19:53
Oh ok, well if the scripts are easy to get around then I would recommend not posting your designs until after you get them copyrighted. Too many deceitful people out there. :(
Lin
Perhaps I should take them offline... hmmm... :( Thing is, this may sound wanky but I really enjoy the encouragement I get from showing off my work and it helps keep me ontrack - inspires me to continue! Hmmm...
Faerie Lin
22-05-2002, 05:39
Originally posted by kayne
Perhaps I should take them offline... hmmm... :( Thing is, this may sound wanky but I really enjoy the encouragement I get from showing off my work and it helps keep me ontrack - inspires me to continue! Hmmm...
Doesn't sound wanky at all! (why does the word 'wanky' make me giggle? lol) Encouragement is so good for the soul. I'm with ya'll in the "sighing." That kind of stuff just gets me so ticked off, taking people's ideas and stuff. I've had lyrics stolen from me before. But Karma loves to visit.
Lin
at least --- people can't take your actual work -- and use it for themselves -- since it is low-resolution. although they can always recreate their own card based on your work. sneaky sneaky. I know what you mean Kayne --- I love feedback too! It keeps me excited -- and on track. :)
Oh, this is bad!
Now I am getting all paranoid of this copyright stuff. And I just posted my link...but I love to share my work!
tempestfire
20-06-2002, 02:16
I believe- but could be wrong- that if someone does try to pass off your work as thier own- and you have proof of when you created it/ copyrighted it. (And can back that up with actual documents or proof of the in progress part) you can take legal action against the copycats! Their are a lot of deceptive people out there- but I think most people are honest. Maybe I am just dreaming and off in my own little world- (but its nicer there!lol)
GoserGosarian
16-07-2002, 03:06
Hey Kayne... you could always overlay large text... or a watermark. A huge "SAMPLE" diagonally over an image, while kinda lame to see, makes reproducing a pain. Something along those lines... I guess.
That's sort of what I have done... I just put my name and the date... It is not too intrusive but lets people know I don't want them all over the net... (Click WWW below my name to check it out...:D)
HudsonGray
17-07-2002, 20:41
That's what Robin Wood did with her artwork, when some of her stuff was swiped online & started showing up elsewhere she put her name & the date into the picture as an integral part of the art (sometimes hidden pretty good, but it's always there!) to stop that. This happened back around 1984 or so, right after she started getting 'big'. She still does it.
As far as I am aware, artwork is automatically copyrighted [I am from U.K], if you find your work somewhere, you can sue , without having signed or dated anything.
If you go to an art gallery you will see none of the paintings have the copyright sign, because it is not needed.The artist is well protected [ sign and date the backs of all my work]...I am not sure about computer generated art, in the sense of being able to prove its your creation, with a painting or drawing this is easy to do.....you would have the original.
If you find your work somewhere and can prove its your work....then the person using it would have to show a contract , from you, showing that you gave permission.[ note read small print someimes when submitting work, you could sign it away without knowing it:-)]
I think this automatic copyright lasts about 50 years after death [not sure:-)], after that it becomes un-copyrighted...[books and classical music are a good example]
[stuff on the net I tend to keep to a low rez, or when doing high rez I put the 'c'.
http://mysite.freeserve.com/418_TAROT/
I think many websites you get automatic copyright?
AmounrA,
Your cards are so beautiful!