ArtBistro

Regarding last post of mine, the design my employer wanted was a simple button link. I think when an artist wants to keep their job with an employer and they are told to recreate a design, it is the job of the artist to offer up an alternate design choice and if the employer wants you to recreate the designit is important to remind the employer in the most humble of voices of copyright rules and regulations. When a fellow employee leaves of their own choice to pursue another job, and your job is to finish their work, whether there are graphics that must be worked on, their work is owned by the company and therefore there is no copyright infringement. In University settings this happens all the time, there is no question of ethics in this instance, the work must be completed. And as to taking another fellow employee's idea, as long as the fellow employee knows and agrees, and the employer is informed there would be no problem. But definitely credit needs to go where it deserves. However where movies are concerned and books, it is interesting that ideas are not copyrightable... so interesting... I read a book when I was a kid and the Indiana Jones movies took major ideas from the book, I remember being absolutely upset that the author of the book got no credit...they stole from his writing to make their movie... it was a major novel by L.Ron Hubbard. I was surprised there was no fuss made. Happy Tidings everyone!!!

I never "pad" my time.

this is ridiculous. almost every 'new' idea is part of an old idea. to say that art has to be 100% original before you can call it your own is stupid. so if i paint fruit i can't call it my own because somewhere sometime someone else painted fruit!!! art is about what YOU see and what YOU feel. so if you wanna paint some freaking fruit, then paint some freaking fruit and put your name on it.

And to the person who said that they don't place students on the same level as artists...I am sorry, but your entire comment was, well...full of uniformed and almost eroneous sentences. You are less of an artist than anyone to whom you make that statement. You are on no level above anyone.

A lock will only keep an honest man honest. Names, titles and slogans can be protected. Try to open a Pepsi factory and sell your own Pepsi, or open your own McDonalds without the franchise rights. Try to call your airline The Friendly Skies. These are copyrighted.

excellent..kudos to you for this article. i know of some people who should read this and take heed.

wow. you got me all paranoid. One thing that you can do is understand the actual law about copyright. Artists can write their own legal documents pertaining to certain works, and lay down the rules and regulations of an object, image or project. Just about all of my work is copyrighted, so what you see and hear is of my generosity. If you take into full consideration where your work might wind up and how, your legal contract for your work must be formed around the actual boundaries within it's domain. Its technical but its worth it when you give the artwork the credit it deserves, not just your own but for other's work as well.

Pay attention, those who think that just transferring someone's work to a new medium means they can make it theirs--wrong! You have to make an idea yours somehow before you can put your name to it. Andy Warhow didn't just slap his name on a Campbell's soup label. He didn't even just paint one. The arrangement, the use of size, there are many reasons what he did wasn't plaguarism. You can't just take a picture of someone's sculputure or painting and claim that it's yours unless something about that is truly an original viewpoint. If you use something as a tracing, you must then do something original with it. I'll repeat what others have said--if you are in doubt, ask or assume it's wrong before putting your name on it.
And before acusing someone of plaguarism, you should be sure of what you're acusing them of, as that's a potent and nasty accusation!