Copyright

Image-heavy Websites

Most artists have an image-heavy website these days and so they should. It is a great and cheap way to present your work in a beautiful way, in your own style, whether you have real- world gallery presentation or not. But is putting your art on the internet safe? Are you not putting it out there for anyone to just take and use?

You Have Automatic Copyright

Thankfully we are protected. In most Western countries, as far as I know, copyright is automatically created when you create your work of art. You don’t need to do anything, you don’t even need to register it. It is just there, it is yours. If someone takes your picture and uses it for commercial gain (i.e. earns money from it), you can sue. Of course some cases are complex in nature and so this article is just some general advice from a fellow artist. Always seek legal advice if in doubt.