As an artist of any kind, protecting your work is crucial to maintaining the integrity of your creative endeavors, preserving control of your work, and ensuring that only you and those you authorize generate revenues from your work. At the heart of this protection is copyright law. Copyright law provides creators with the rights necessary to control how their work…
This article explains what copyrights and trademarks are, how to register or apply for a copyright or trademark, and what protections and rights copyright and trademark holders have. Find out how to protect and monetize your original work. What is a Copyright? In simple terms, copyright means “the right to copy.” A copyright holder has the exclusive right to reproduce…
Jay Landrum, an attorney with extensive experience representing artists, art publishers, licensors and licensees, discusses licensing hoops and pitfalls.
The Art Copyright Coalition, the first nonprofit organization of publishers and artists to pursue copyright violators, spent three days at the April 2013 Canton Fair and Jinhan Fair in Guangzhou, China searching for copyright infringed artwork. During the visit, the coalition found more than 40 infringing exhibitors, an amount similar to their findings five months ago, though the total number…
