Being an artist in today’s increasingly digital world opens up amazing possibilities. You can reach a wider audience around the world. But at the same time, the Internet has also increased the risks of copyright infringement. In this article, we discuss how to avoid copyright infringement.
Digital art is automatically copyrighted. An artist gets a copyright on his work of art as soon as he creates it in a fixed/tangible form. It is important to note that if someone copies your digital art and tries to use it commercially, you will need to prove that the digital art is yours. This can be tricky if you don’t have copyright registration.
Recall that copyright is valid throughout the life of the artist plus 70 years after his death. Art can be copyrighted if it meets the necessary criteria:
The sale of digital art does not include the underlying copyright. If someone buys a work of art, they will own the art itself, but not the copyright. Except if the artist specifically transfers copyright to them. While the art buyer is entitled to use digital art for personal purposes, they may not be able to use the art for professional purposes. The same principle applies to Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) as well.
NFTs are essentially metadata files that have been encoded with digital images, which may or may not be copyrighted. When you buy an NFT, you simply buy the metadata that is associated with the work and not the work itself.
Moreover, the popularity and prices of NFTs also attract scammers and counterfeiters. Therefore it is very important to know how to copyright artwork, especially a digital one.
Here is how you can copyright your digital art.
4 top tips to avoid copyright infringement for your digital artwork
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