PAYLOR
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Are the uploaded works on artbreak protected in anyway from being copied and used? Am a new member, and was wondering about this before I put too many images on here. Still, I like the site so far (this is my first such experience), and am excited about the forums and maybe the exposure. Looking forward to browsing some new art friends! SBP
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zack
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If you mean protections against people downloading your images, there is no more protection on Artbreak than there is (for example) on Flickr, or Saatchi Gallery, etc. If you’re talking about copyright, absolutely. You retain 100% of the copyright, sharing your stuff here does not in any way ‘assign’ it to Artbreak or anyone else.
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Daniel C. Boyer
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The only time I’ve ever seen anything like a protection against someone downloading copyrighted images is on Artwanted.com (I’ve work there as well), in which they have it blocked from right-clicking with a notice along these lines, though it obviously would be easy enough to get around this. The other practical, as opposed to legal, solution I’ve seen is a digital watermark, which I’m not at all keen on, with the qualification that it might be worth deliberately making art to go with an artistic watermark.
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moonwave
4 posts
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Other than watermarking there really isn't any way to protect images that go on the web.
Think about it: if it is on the viewer's screen, it is on their computer. All they have to do is save it.
And when you think about it, even a physical gallery isn't entirely protected, people can still take pictures and copy.
I'd avoid posting real high rez images. Otherwise, your main protection is the fact that a web-resolution image is probably not worth stealing. And for my own work, if somebody wants to use it personally for a desktop or something, I'm kind of honored. If you do that, let me know. I've had a few works out there (I've been doing art on the web for a LONG time) that people have asked to use for one thing or another. Never made a dime, but my ego really got boosted. In one case, it was for a publication with the long-shot potential of profit. I required that part of the profit, if any, had to be used to buy some art from any struggling artist the publisher chose. Not me, one trying to make a living at art. All that being said, I do, in fact, own the rights to my stuff. I am generous but please ask. And if you use my stuff for profit without my permission, there are (I've heard - I Am Not A Lawyer) stiff penalties that I get to split with my landshark lawyer. It would be really stupid to do that, my permission is very easily obtained.
Zack is right about the copyright - you keep that, except for some small print about artbreak having permission to show it because otherwise what's the point of posting it.
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BillAyton
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I agree with Moonwave. If people want to download low-res images & put them on their computer desktop or something, I'm flattered. If they want to try & use them for book covers or t-shirts & sell them, they will probably be most disappointed with the results. You can, of course, put a watermark or logo or whatever over the art, but to me, that just ruins the look of the piece. The only time I've done anything like that was when someone was linking to a piece on my website from MySpace & stealing my bandwidth -- not enough to cost me anything, but I didn't want to encourage that sort of thing. I have a notice on my website asking people not to remotely link to any pieces, & also to credit me & give a link to my site, for any non-profit activities using my art. That seems reasonable.
There is also the possibility that someone might "steal" one of my images & doctor it somehow, to pass it off as one of their own images or something. I haven't had to deal with that. I wonder if anyone else has, & what happened in that case?...
Bill
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birgit zartl
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I guess the only way is to disable the right-click possibility from the site owners side.....other than that, put a watermark on or upload a smaller, lower resolution image...
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JANICE WARR...
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You can easily mark your own image off your computer with a paint program, which comes standard on computers. Make a copy of your image, and then open your image with the paint program, click on text (A) and you can type in your copyright text. I've done it to some of my images that I sell as prints on another website. Hope this helps.
Janice
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