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 Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 10:27 pm Post subject: Plagiarism and the internet |
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I've recently begun to migrate my drawings and artwork over to the internet
The site recommended to me was DeviantArt
Of course, this does bring me to an issue, plagiarism. How safe is it to upload your digital artwork on the internet? I don't want people ripping my work off, so that's why I'm wondering.
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If you don't water mark things in a way that can't be removed, you run the risk of your work being copied / stolen. A small signature in a corner is not going to keep it safe.
If you are looking to sell it, then display it with a watermark over the whole image that makes it useless otherwise. The original copy would be the sold piece in the end while the watermarked piece is just used for show and advertisement.
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Just upload them with the license you want.
1st you have to evaluate this:
Why do you care? Are you making a living or planning to do so with your art, or is it just a hobby?
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If plagiarism occurred, try to contact the author of the act of plagiarism and demand retribution or any kind of compensation on which both of you settle in good terms
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If it is really worth your time and money, with the right licence under your publication you can seek legal counseling and recibe compensation for your work.
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HitIer
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Thanks for responses everyone.
Just tried the watermark thing, and the art loses nearly all its value with the watermark on, it's just not the same
| gogodr wrote: | Just upload them with the license you want.
1st you have to evaluate this:
Why do you care? Are you making a living or planning to do so with your art, or is it just a hobby?
2nd:
If plagiarism occurred, try to contact the author of the act of plagiarism and demand retribution or any kind of compensation on which both of you settle in good terms
3rd:
If it is really worth your time and money, with the right licence under your publication you can seek legal counseling and recibe compensation for your work. |
I'm all for non-commercial use, but it's really hard to enforce that, right? How do you know people aren't selling your art to other people conspicuously? I suppose much of this worry has to do with my mental health diagnoses
Nice signature by the way!! ☺☺☺
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| ` wrote: | Thanks for responses everyone.
Just tried the watermark thing, and the art loses nearly all its value with the watermark on, it's just not the same
| gogodr wrote: | Just upload them with the license you want.
1st you have to evaluate this:
Why do you care? Are you making a living or planning to do so with your art, or is it just a hobby?
2nd:
If plagiarism occurred, try to contact the author of the act of plagiarism and demand retribution or any kind of compensation on which both of you settle in good terms
3rd:
If it is really worth your time and money, with the right licence under your publication you can seek legal counseling and recibe compensation for your work. |
I'm all for non-commercial use, but it's really hard to enforce that, right? How do you know people aren't selling your art to other people conspicuously? I suppose much of this worry has to do with my mental health diagnoses
Nice signature by the way!! ☺☺☺ |
The watermark is for advertisement of your work. To allow you to show it off, while retaining ownership and rights to it. Something like this:
https://www.uconomix.com/Products/uMark/images/watermark-tilling.jpg
It allows you to advertise the piece of work, perhaps if you are looking to sell it, while preventing people from just copying it and reselling it. Non-solid color watermarks are much harder to remove and keep your work safer as well.
It is not intended as a method of distributing your stuff though. If you want people to have the non-watermarked copy, then you would give them that version after they buy it.
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| ` wrote: | Thanks for responses everyone.
Just tried the watermark thing, and the art loses nearly all its value with the watermark on, it's just not the same
| gogodr wrote: | Just upload them with the license you want.
1st you have to evaluate this:
Why do you care? Are you making a living or planning to do so with your art, or is it just a hobby?
2nd:
If plagiarism occurred, try to contact the author of the act of plagiarism and demand retribution or any kind of compensation on which both of you settle in good terms
3rd:
If it is really worth your time and money, with the right licence under your publication you can seek legal counseling and recibe compensation for your work. |
I'm all for non-commercial use, but it's really hard to enforce that, right? How do you know people aren't selling your art to other people conspicuously? I suppose much of this worry has to do with my mental health diagnoses
Nice signature by the way!! ☺☺☺ |
My stance on that is that if they could sell it and you couldn't, the one doing something wrong is yourself.
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Can you guys help me understand copyright?
From what I know, in the US, your work is copyright protected and you have rights to it from the moment it is created.
I'm not sure if it is the same here in Canada, and I'm wondering if that still applies on the internet?
Edit:
Verified. Yes, the same legal rights apply, though they are much harder to enforce.
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