IP confusionIt's sad to see people fighting about intellectual property rights when they apparently have no clue what those are, how they work and what is allowed (and not).Prime example: http://boltstrueno1fanever.deviantart.com/art/Onyx-Forepaw-Feb-2012-Ref-286737985 vs. http://yasuoxingxing.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d4vcimaObviously the latter is similar to the first.The question is: is this allowed?To answer that question, it is important to understand what rules apply and what intellectual property (IP) is.There are three different kinds of IP that can apply here:1. CopyrightAs the name hints this is the right to make copies of a work. It does not protect ideas, only the actual recorded work - artwork, documents, music etc.This means that if someone copies your art (by directly copying it, by tracing it or otherwise adapting your work) you can certainly take action, but there is little you can do to prevent someone else creating their own
The Future of Storytelling Has ArrivedThe Future of Storytelling Has ArrivedNinja Turtles by ~lukekeith:icontechgnotic:by $techgnoticMon Apr 3, 2012, 01:00 AMThe recently announced changes to the core mythos of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the backlashfrom fans over the ending to Mass Effect 3 have ignited an incredible discussion about the rapidly evolving“collaborative” relationship between producers and consumers of videogames, movies, and similar “products.”Now it’s exploded beyond the secure borders of top news publications, gaming and entertainment websites.Looks like this long-bubbling cauldron of traditional ways and means, modern tech, web economics, core beliefsand future shock has finally boiled over...Should you listen to your audience?The Con
How to write a copyright infringement LetterLeft brain hemisphere:Since so many of you asked-If anyone ever steals YOUR work, this is what you write to the thieves, be they an individual/magazine/website/newspaper/music band/etc.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~To: __________________(art thief's name/company)It has come to my attention that you have made an unauthorized use of my copyrighted Work entitled "____________ (name of stolen artwork)" in the publishing of a ___________(your website/advert/newspaper/magazine)I have reserved all rights in the Work, which was first published in November 1, 2000 (date example) on _______________(my website link), with copyright registered to me.The advert which appears in your (website/advert/newspaper/magazine/piece), is essentially identical to the Work and clearly used the Work as its basis.You neither asked for nor received permission to use the Work as the basis for the advert, nor to make or distribute copies of it. Therefore, I believe you have willfully infringed
Stories In 420 Characters Or LessIHe hadn't seen those eyes since they turned from his face to stare at the back of a Greyhound bus. And yet there they were, looking back at him from their framed and matted vantage point. Fighting the panic rising in his throat, he asked the museum director how much she would charge him for the painting of the woman standing before the firing squad.IIShe dug her toes further into the wet sand and prayed that the ocean would kidnap her; would drag her from where she lay on its shore, keep her in a cave somewhere and give her little fragments of kindness like seashells, which she would treasure and cling to. Perhaps she would wear them a
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