What is a copyright?
"Copyright" literally means the right to copy. Copyright is an internationally accepted form of intellectual property law. The instant you "snap the shutter", "splash the canvas" or "pen hits paper" you are a copyright holder.
Photographs, artwork and images are typically classified as "Visual Arts" by the US Copyright Office. This classification of your photos and artwork will largely depend on the final format of your creation. For example if you have combined different media (e.g. sound and artwork) you will have to further investigate which category to file your copyright registration under.
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The US Library of Congress defines "Visual Arts" as follows: |
For copyright purposes, visual arts are original pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works, which include two-dimensional and three-dimensional works of fine, graphic, and applied art. |
»Advertisements, commercial prints, labels
»Artificial flowers and plants
»Artwork applied to clothing or to other useful articles
»Bumper stickers, decals, stickers
»Cartographic works, such as maps, globes, relief models
»Cartoons, comic strips
»Collages
»Dolls, toys
»Drawings, paintings, murals
»Enamel works
»Fabric, floor, and wallcovering designs
»Games, puzzles
»Greeting cards, postcards, stationery
»Holograms, computer and laser artwork
»Jewelry designs
»Models
»Mosaics
»Needlework and craft kits
»Original prints, such as engravings, etchings, serigraphs, silk screen prints, woodblock prints
»Patterns for sewing, knitting, crochet, needlework
»Photographs, photomontages
»Posters
»Record jacket artwork or photography
»Relief and intaglio prints
»Reproductions, such as lithographs, collotypes
»Sculpture, such as carvings, ceramics, figurines, maquettes, molds, relief sculptures
»Stained glass designs
»Stencils, cut-outs
»Technical drawings, architectural drawings or plans, blueprints, diagrams, mechanical drawings
»Weaving designs, lace designs, tapestries |
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Why do I need to protect or register the copyrights on my photographs, artwork or images?
You may be required to provide evidence of when you first created your work... While all photographs, artwork or images have copyrights the instant they are created, in this Internet age, we highly recommend that third-party date-stamping your creations becomes the second thing that you do. The sooner, the better... Read more
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No matter what, your SEAL™ file will always credibly represent the earliest moment in history that your copyright was in your possession... | |
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