Next time someone asks you to work for free, paint for free, write for free or take a photo for free, watch this rant….it’s from a documentary called Dreams with Sharp Teeth

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In these days of the Internet and obsessive sharing sometimes things can go a little too far…

“The residents of a glass-walled luxury residential building across the street had no idea they were being photographed and they never consented to being subjects for the works of art that are now on display – and for sale – in a Manhattan gallery.

The works are being sold for close to $8000.00 and all with out a model release as they were taken with a telephoto lens through the windows of their apartments…
“the issue of model release forms and liability waivers is a legal area related to privacy and is separate from copyright.
Also, the need for model releases pertains to public use of the photos: i.e., publishing them, commercially or not" Wiki.

Can this …

My art shown as part of an art show on Youtube set to original music by the composer.

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Original art works can be seen HERE

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This is part 2 of my post All your Pics belong to Everyone Now and concerns itself with the American angle, which will eventually have the same world wide impact as the U.K. law would…note this article is a bit long but is very important..
If these laws are passed it would mean mandatory registration if you want to protect your artwork which right now is against the Berne treaty, but considering the circumstances, what other choice would we have?..

Here are some quotes from the article..
Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) plans a hearing on Thursday before the House Intellectual Property subcommittee to pursue his worthy goal of copyright reform.
The hearing is called “A Case Study for Consensus Building: The Copyright Principles Project” and focuses on a group called the “Copyright Pri…

Can images be protected online?
There are a number of ways to steal an image off of a website. And, yes, there are a number of ways to protect an image on a website. How effective is that protection? When it comes down to it we lose sleep over our images being stolen. So if that protection is not 100% we have a problem.

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One caveat: where the article states… “If you limit the image longest side to 500 pixels as a *.jpg image compressed to around 60% you will protect your image”.
Per Joe Beasley…This is not entirely accurate…small images can be converted into small items as some members of Zazzle have found when their images were stolen to make badges etc…

More ways and means can be discussed in your comments and questions…

Re: All Your Pics Belong to Everyone Now

“As more people share more content across social networks, the issue of who owns that content becomes increasingly important.
Find out how the business practices of social networks mixed with pending global legislation could create the “perfect storm” of copyright-free chaos".

Per Joe Beasley…There will be a live discussion on Wednesday the 8th May 10 a.m. Pacific time…check for the correct time in your area so you can watch and listen at home on your computer…Check the time on this Clock

Learn from the panelists what you can do right now to help….

Join IPTC Managing Director Michael Steidl; PLUS Coalition President/CEO Jeff Sedlik; and embedded-metadata advocate David Riecks, for this hour-long discussion that no…

Have you ever uploaded a photo to Facebook, Instagram or Flickr? (And other sharing sites by the way, and digital works are especially vulnerable)…

If so, you’ll probably want to read this, because the rules on who can exploit your work have now changed radically, overnight.
Amateur and professional illustrators and photographers alike will find themselves ensnared by the changes, the result of lobbying by Silicon Valley and radical bureaucrats and academics.
The changes are enacted in the sprawling Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act which marks a huge shift in power away from citizens and towards large US corporations.
“People can now use stuff without your permission,” explained photo rights campaigner Paul Ellis. "To stop that you have to register your wor…

This is a very interesting article…is this man exploiting his son while taking advantage of artists, or is it a fair exchange..is it yet another way to scam artists?

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MY WORK HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR SoJie 20!

The First Warmth.. by © Janis Zroback

   Join me at the Juried Invitational Exhibition…
 

I am very excited to have my art selected, from over 73000 works of art, to exhibit in SoJie 20. SoJie 20 takes its name from the first letters of Solo’s Juried Invitational Exhibition. This month is only the 20th one, ever, and 91 other artists, besides myself, are represented.

Winners of the invitational will be announced on April 26th, when a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place will be awarded in three categories: digital art, photography, and traditional art.

Non members, as well as members, ARE welcome to view all of the work nominated. So I hope that you will click the show banner, above, and follow the link to view my fellow…

Copyright violations abound on the internet and this is one type we must try to combat..read the post linked below and then comeback to this one…
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Please go to this site and type your name in the text box…there are many RB artists here and their works are being offered for free as wallpaper etc…you can send a take down notice to the host of the site…
They are small images, but clicking on each one takes you to a large image with comment boxes below them…however…a cautionary note..
Do not stay too long on this site…take screen captures of your works and leave..
Note you have to show the addresses of your images on this site or wherever they are..

The website you should be checking for your work is here…LINK

Report infringements HERE by usin…