I've had issues with copyright a bit during the past couple of years, mainly people from instagram (usually other students) copying me. It can be really frustrating when it happens but luckily it has only been on a small level where I have been able to message these people and explain my point of view. Its never been of malicious intent, more just laziness or insecurity to copy someone elses work I think. But in the future as I hopefully continue to grow as an illustrator, I want to ensure this doesn't happen on a bigger, potentially more damaging scale. Through the AOI talk and this PP session I've become way more aware of my rights and whats mine, I never realised before that as soon as I create something it is technically copyrighted to me and I have ownership of that, I used to think copyright was something you had to purchase to get that little symbol.
STEPS I CAN TAKE TO ENSURE MY COPYRIGHT IS PROTECTED
- Upload images as 72dpi to prevent people stealing my work and using it without permission as it will be too low a resolution
- Make sure I state on my Instagram and my website that my images are copyrighted to me
- I don't watermark my work yet as I'm not keen on changing my work in that way by writing over it, but maybe this is something to consider in the future.
- When making my website, Adobe Portfolio has a feature which disables right clicking on images making it harder (not impossible) for visitors to save my images, which is a good little extra to protecting myself and my work
- Make sure my work is credited when published or posted, eg in the Nice People Magazine I did the cover for they were really good about this
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