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Legal Copyrights - FAR® Exclusive Articles

April 25, 2008:
Legal Tips for Artists Legal Tips for Artists: DO NOT COPY: Copyright Law Prohibits Rendering a Close Copy of Another Artist's Works
by Cindy Hill, Esq., for Fine Art Registry™
There is no longer that comfortable guarantee that the piece will be treated as one that has had a master’s touch, but instead is shown to the masses that somehow have the need to touch it and... Read More


March 8, 2008:
Fair Use of Art In Early Education Fair Use of Art In Early Education: Respect for Copyright is a Puzzling, but Valuable, Childhood Lesson
by Cindy Hill, Esq., for Fine Art Registry™
An early-childhood educator recently sent me a question: "It is hard to find good quality educational materials for young children involving classic art. In the past I have printed images of... Read More


December 7, 2006:
Horton, Pollock story But If It Isn't: What Does It Mean If the Pollock Isn’t a Pollock?
by Cindy Hill, Esq. for Fine Art Registry™
It sounds like a real-life version of the fairy tale we all want to believe can be true: the $5 thrift shop find turns out to be a multi-million dollar work of fine art by a famous artist ...Read More


November 19, 2006:
Copyright Inspiration Hot Air, Shells, and Flowers: Can You Copyright an Inspiration?
by Cindy Hill, Esq. for Fine Art Registry™
At the far end of the economic spectrum from your neighborhood ‘starving artist’ who blithely toils in her garret studio, sits the business-art empires, the incorporated names that appear on ...Read More


September 29, 2006:
Copyright and Models Rights Copyright and the Rights of Models
by Cindy Hill, Esq. for Fine Art Registry™
In 1985, a young woman from Afghanistan stared out at us from the cover of National Geographic, her green wolf-eyes piercing into our souls in a disturbing and unforgettable manner ...Read More


September 12, 2006:
Copyright and Photos Layers: Copyright and Photos or Art, and Art of Photos, and So On...
by Cindy Ellen Hill, Esq. for Fine Art Registry™
I take a photograph of a flower. Later, I walk down a city street. A building catches my eye, designed by a famous architect. I take shots of the pigeons on the ledges, the reflections in ...Read More


August 22, 2006:
Commissions and Work for Hire
by Cindy Ellen Hill, Esq. for Fine Art Registry™
My Irish pub band has been doing pretty well, and as the unofficial booking agent/promoter/p.r. chick of the group, I’ve decided that ...Read More


August 18, 2006:
Copyright and Moral Rights Enforcement
by Cindy Ellen Hill, Esq. for Fine Art Registry™
I am a victim of copyright infringement. I volunteered to create a pen-and-ink holiday card design for a non-profit organization ...Read More


August 1, 2006:
Artists' Moral Rights – Protecting Your Creative and Professional Reputation
by Cindy Ellen Hill, Esq. for Fine Art Registry™
Internet giant Google often changes the font and ornamentation of its name as presented above that familiar search-text-box to ...Read More


July 12, 2006:
Orphan Works: How Fine Art Registry™ Averts Copyright Tragedy
by Cindy Ellen Hill, Esq. for Fine Art Registry™
Oh, how sad. I am looking at a postcard, probably circa 1930's, a lovely pastoral scene of immigrant girls tending sheep in a vale. ...Read More


May 30, 2006:
Limits To Copyright: Time and Borders
by Cindy Ellen Hill, Esq. for Fine Art Registry™
Copyright laws strike a balance between the artist’s rights and the public’s interest in works that have historical significance ...Read More


May 1, 2006:
Canvas, Pigment, Legal Rights: What Every Artist and Art Owner Ought to Know
by Cindy Ellen Hill, Esq. for Fine Art Registry™
When an artist steps back from applying the final brush strokes to her painting, she surveys her work with the pride of creation and a near ...Read More


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