I have comic book characters and I am worried my ideas will be stolen.
2007-09-17 09:41:33 · 7 answers · asked by Gregory G 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Drawing & Illustration
As soon as you create something, it becomes copyrighted, and you have all rights to it (assuming you're in the United States).
That said, if you download music, you're violating copyrights yourself. A general rule of thumb is, if it's on the internet, it's liable to get stolen. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) was created to counter-act that, and if you do find someone stealing your work, you can file a suit against them.
2007-09-17 09:50:37 · answer #1 · answered by Logical Proletariat 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I've heard of a way that might work in the court of law. If you can't afford to copywright them. You make a copy of it and mail it to yourself. Do not open it. Leave the seal in fact do one of those legal seals that lawyers use. The post office stamp has a date on it. This will prove the date of your drawings.
PS I wanted to use a drawing I found on the net and could not for the life of me find the artist. I found a copy on a site that refused to give me the name of the artist. So please make sure someone can contact you for your work well done. lol
2007-09-17 16:52:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
If you created the images, YOU own the copyrights. The act of creation is your copyright. No one may use these images without your permission.
However, by registering your copyrights with the United States Copyright Office, you gain additional protections against infringements, especially if you need to take someone to court over their illegal use. It pays to spend the money to register the copyright. Mailing them to yourself offers very little protection, except to prove that you had them at the time of the mailing. If I, for instance, mailed your images to myself before you did, it would "prove" that I had them before you, and I could make a (weak) case that YOU stole them from ME.
Register them before you post them ANYWHERE.
2007-09-18 15:29:21 · answer #3 · answered by Vince M 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Your best bet is to copyright it. If your characters are stolen then, you can file a law suit. It depends on how much they mean to you. If you find it is your best work, copyright, if not I don't recommend wasting the money or time.
2007-09-17 16:50:04 · answer #4 · answered by torture_josiah 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes definitely protect your work, my daughter also is an artist and she has to safeguard her work that she puts on different web sites. She says a lot of dishonest people out there. be careful.
2007-09-17 16:48:39 · answer #5 · answered by Aloha_Ann 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
of copyright them, not sure how you do it but i did hear that years ago all you had to do was send them as registered post but not sure if it works that way now. never done anything to copyright myself so no idea of the laws on copyright.
2007-09-17 17:42:51 · answer #6 · answered by BUST TO UTOPIA 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
depends on what site you are posting them. if they have rules/agreement contract, they might own them. check the creative commons website for details about your intellectual property. good lucks! yay 2points!
2007-09-18 14:05:38 · answer #7 · answered by J W 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋