These days, it's unfortunate that artists, photographers and writers have to worry about copyright protection, on top of everything else (the blank page, the blank MIND, the blood, sweat & tears involved in the search for an original idea).
I was looking at &rew's blog (see Links) which amazes me every time I look at it - this is one prolific artist (I wish I had half his discipline) and noticed he had a copyright logo. Which you will now notice on my site - thanks &rew - I didn't even know this existed! Click on the logo, and it will take you to the site where you can register your works and get copyright protection. Quick, slick & simple - and free! Amazing, really amazing.
As anyone who has been reading my blog will know, I am still battling with trying to write a new website, and want to put up a lot more artwork, so it's nice to know I will have some protection for my ideas. I also intend to put up a lot of "How To" information, so again it's nice to know it will cut down on the plagiarism. Unfortunately, this happens. There is no way to copyright a method, eg: making a coptic book - but you CAN copyright your own instructions on how to do it.
You may have noticed my Slide photogalleries - be careful to edit every single slide show to "Private", otherwise you are giving implied permission for anyone to "share" by clicking on the Slide show, clicking on an individual image in that Slide show and then get the full html for the image, which enables anyone to post that image onto their own website or blog. Which is great if that someone gives you the credit for the image, but not very nice if they pass it off as their own.
So, to quote one of my favourite cop shows, Be careful out there!
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