©Copyrights and ™Trademarks
Greetings All,
For those of you considering Photography as a living, in addition to your personal Art, let me just pop something out for your consideration. Mull it around, show me any links you’ve found to simplify this mind-numbing topic.
Since I am nearing the end of the NYIP coursework, I am personally just beginning to study the business end of our medium. Dare I say? I think I want to go Pro. High-end Pro. I am learning a few things the hard way, and thought I would share (glad I’m not full in a wedding business that depends on my nomenclature).
As an Artist I never gave thought to protecting my name. I am, I thought, an artist and sign my work… what more could there be to it than that?
Ah, except I sign as digitalShe, my nickname since at least yr 2000… when I started seriously working in the digital realm and all was fresh and new (and not so competitive).
Long story short, I recently lost my domain name.
I suddenly realize just how fragile my “mark” is.
And, find myself questioning my identity.
Out of necessity, I am now learning about the complex world of ServiceMark, TradeMark and Copyright. I am seeing, first hand, just how important it is to learn how and begin protecting yourself early on.
Got a special name in mind for your biz? A specific domain name you would like to keep? Like your specially created watermark/signature? Care that someone in the future just might like your pics enough to try to scoop your work?
Here’s some links to get you started. Learn to protect yourself.
All About Trademark
10 Big Myths about copyright explained
Being collaborative, I’d love to see your research links on this subject as well…
always looking for ways people integrate their workflow to make copyright registry easier.
always looking for ways people integrate their workflow to make copyright registry easier.
Cheers,
She
