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.