I would be touchy too if I saw someone taking credit for or attempting to
profit by my work. I understood that original works are "automatically"
copyrighted, for what that ends up being worth.
>From what I understand, these paintings were not exactly original works of
art in the conventional sense. From somewhere or someone, possibly an art
school?, there was apparently a drawing with a numbered painting scheme.
The decor person for the corporation looked at the choices they were given
and picked several. The painter(s) then basically painted to the plan and
were paid by the corporation.
Tom C.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nicholas Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: Flash Diffusers & Geekness
> The second that any work is ~created~ it is
> copyrighted. It does not have to be registered by the
> government, although that helps. It does not even have
> to say "copyright so and so" on it. I was working at
> Eckerda couple of years ago as a photolab manager when
> K-Mart was sued for several hundred thousand dollars
> for copyright infringment and they made us go through
> very extensive training, and I've also caught a client
> trying to copy my work without permission. So perhaps
> I'm a little touchy on this subject.
>
> Nick
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