Comments on: biz ladies 09: copyright 101 for designers

By: Camolai

Camolai — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:11:05 +0000

Thank you, thank you!! I had an entire class on this in art school, but the teacher was A) confusing and B) rarely thought to touch on what we, as art students, were most concerned about in regards to copyrighting. So, again, thank you for taking the time to spell it out for me; I really appreciate it!

By: Anne

Anne — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:56:24 +0000

Great article! I wrote about copyrights issues a little while back as well. Nice to learn the details from an attorney, thx for sharing.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:55:16 +0000

Design is such a tricky thing, and common for people to take our plans/specs and shop them out at local retailers. In doing so the client may get better pricing and the store an easy sale. They are making money by executing my design, but I make nothing. Does a copyright protect me from this?

By: erin

erin — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:47:06 +0000

Thanks for this post, it’s such a confusing topic! As a graphic designer, I often use royalty-free stock illustrations, which of course, by the time I’m done with them look totally different than the original graphic. Sometimes I wonder if this will come back to bite me later if someone notices the same graphic somewhere else!

By: Jodie Hickman

Jodie Hickman — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:20:24 +0000

Thank you so much for this information. I am a seamstress and am so scared to put anything in my shop, because I am afraid somewhere out there, one similar is out there. I am very confused about the pattern issue. I never follow a recipe as exactly like what’s called for, same with sewing. Where do you draw the line?

By: tricia mckellar

tricia mckellar — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:55:17 +0000

Thanks so much for this post! Very interesting. I’ve also found the American Society of Media Photographers info on copyright very helpful:
http://www.asmp.org/commerce/legal/copyright/

By: modernfigurative

modernfigurative — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:03:50 +0000

I am a part of Etsy, and I find it somewhat more open than this. People share ideas, sometimes even to the extent of showing how they make their craft. This sharing enriches all of us. I always come back to where would Bob Dylan and all of the great folk singers be if they had not shared and built on one another’s work. I am not so sure it hurts me if someone is making T-shirts with my images and selling them…I think we need to move a lot more towards the creative commons position of giving credit and sharing.