New copyright for internet content

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

I've needed to be very aware of the pitfalls in my work as a painter, especially when it comes to producing artwork for publication. The area is open to wide interpretation and you'll get as many different accounts of what constitutes an infringement as 'experts' you consult. Some will say that it's enough to simply copy another person's image in reverse to avoid infringement... I just don't hold with that... others that you only need to alter one or two details.

I've had my artwork for greetings cards blatantly copied, with some alterations made... but any reasonable person would have looked at it and said that my image had been copied

I realise that this diverges somewhat from the subject of the OP but thought it might be of some interest

I imagine with the possebilities of digitalization, all this will become even worse. Lawyers must love it, the more complexity in laws and legal situations, the better for them economic basis and their incomes.


The wheel of bureaucratization turns on.

[Eichhörnchen]

Originally Posted by Skybird

I imagine with the possebilities of digitalization, all this will become even worse. Lawyers must love it, the more complexity in laws and legal situations, the better for them economic basis and their incomes

My images are out there already, one way or another in digital form, and you can very soon find them if you know what to ask.... all I can do (when it matters) is reduce the file size so that they are clear and good for normal eyes-on viewing, but degrade quickly upon enlargement so as to be useless for unlicensed reproduction as prints etc; I have no problem with people sharing the images around because it's free publicity for me

[Skybird]

Yes. But I also had on mind the easy manipulation of images and data in digital format.

[Eichhörnchen]

Yes indeed, Skybird... there are a lot of "digital artists" out there nowadays...

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

Yes indeed, Skybird... there are a lot of "digital artists" out there nowadays...

And lobbyists. Newspapers. Propagandists. Activists.


tbc.