Copyright

Copyright is an intellectual form of property. Protected copyright is the form of work which requires skill and judgement to create. It is recorded on a medium and protected by copyright law as soon as it is produced.

Examples of work protected by copyright are photos or art on canvas.The owner of the copyright is usually the creator and has the exclusive right to the item regarding it's usage.This may involve copying,selling,displaying or adapting the work.

 The term of the copyright is until 70 years after the year of the death of the creator.

  The idea is not protected for example ,if someone has an idea for a painting such as "Poppy Field", another artist is allowed to paint around the same idea but not directly copy or adapt another artist's work. 2 Poppy field paintings are of the same idea but different skill and judgement will lead to 2 different paintings- Different colours, lighting, composition and perspective are likely if they are independently created. The expression of the idea-colours, composition, brushstroke,technique etc. is the skill and judgement of the artist. The Artist therefore deserves the protection by copyright law and  is allowed to object to distortions to his/her work without his/her permission.

It is actually an offence to rent, copy, or lend artistic works without the permission of the artist/copyrighter. Copies can only be legally made for private research and education.

As it is a form of property it can be sold or transferred so the new owner (not the creator), is protected by copyright law and the creator or artist has no protection.

 By buying a piece of art, the owner of the artwork is not protected by copyright.The creator still owns the copyright. You cannot legally reproduce, copy or make derivative works without permission from the artist.

 Derivatives are forms of art produced from another persons creation.

 The copyright owner has the exclusive right to derive images from the original and to authorise others to do so.

 By selling the right to make derivative works, the artist maintains copyright but is unable to take legal action to another artist who creates a derivative.

http://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/p01_uk_copyright_law

http://ahds.ac.uk/copyrightfaq.htm

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