amarica

Heads Up - Your art ownership is in danger

Hi everyone,
Can’t stay long. I am still in the middle of getting things done to move, but I just learned something of super importance to everyone here on RB.
As an artist, you have to read this article or you could lose everything you’ve ever created! If you don’t like to read long articles, you will miss incredibly important information that will affect the rest of your career as an artist.

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

THEN, AFTER YOU HAVE READ THAT AND WANT TO FIGHT BACK, CLICK HERE
to sign a petition and fight back!

I wish I could stay longer, but I only have time to read my Buble Mail and then I have to go. Love you all.
—-amarica

Philip Johnson, 2 months ago

link didnt work amarica
John Brotheridge, 2 months ago

Hi Amarica, it appears that the page is unavailable with this link.
amarica in reply to Philip Johnson’s comment, 2 months ago

Hi Philip, I fixed it and it will work now…
Philip Johnson, 2 months ago

thanks amarica
Robert Elliott, 2 months ago

Thanks
Carol & Kev Ha..., 2 months ago

Thanks amarica!
Phil Thomson IPA, 2 months ago

Thanks Ann, for your alertness and sharing it !!!
John Brotheridge, 2 months ago

Thanks Amarica. Yes I’ve read this article, but unsure what exactly is being proposed here. Surely Laws passed in the US re. copyright ownership/registration or whatever cannot be applied outside the US anyway can they? Does Copyright not remain with the Author/Artist whether it is registered or not? Am I missing something here? Works will be ‘stolen/orphaned/copied’ whether they are registered or not. This is just an extension of what’s already in place. What next, register your registered works? if someone wants to use it without your permission, they will. Your only protection, is to prove you did it first, registration doesn’t prove that, or someone would register the Mona Lisa first.
...I’m puzzled and misunderstanding this, can someone explain please – do I understand that it is proposed that I won’t have copyright on anything I do until I register it in the US first?
mieclarke, 2 months ago

Thanks Amari!!
coppertrees, 2 months ago

Thank you signed and sent.
Woodie, 2 months ago

I’ve signed and passed to my artist friends.
Jacqueline Baker, 2 months ago

all done and signed!
Dayonda, 2 months ago

I’ve used the “poor man’s copyright” many times. That’s where I mail an original of something to myself and don’t open the envelope. The Post Office date stamp is my record of when I did it. So I use Red Bubble and my other sites the same way. I’m pretty confident it will work just the same way. I’m not suggesting anybody use my trick because I’m not a lawyer, but so far nobody’s tried to get rich or famous using my stuff, anyway. I think John B, above, makes sense. The thing to do is to check with a copyright lawyer, which I can’t afford to do. Internationally, I think copyrights are recognized kind of the way marriages are—as binding. Taiwan or someplace doesn’t recognize copyrights, I read somewhere. At any rate, I feel confident that I can prove I did some intellectual or artistic work first by its date in my computer and its reception date in an online gallery.
helene ruiz, 2 months ago

I DID ALREADY, THNX
BlueKnot, 2 months ago

Thanks for pointing this out.

I’ve always felt I could ‘prove’ I created my 3D scenes because I retain the unrendered versions; but who knows? That whole bit about someone else ‘registering’ your work first is scary.
Christopher E..., 2 months ago

thanks for giving us the link..i signed it also!
coolart, 18 days ago

thanks works for me signed the petition good link