Dennis Kutsenko's Abstract

Dennis Kutsenko
Group M

With the transformation of copyright laws and orphan works act, artists have been at an ever increasing risk of having their work stolen without much legal action that can be taken. This orphan works act is a bill that is trying to make it simpler for anyone to have access to any copyright image whose owner cannot be found and use these copyright images freely. With this current evolution in copyright, small independent artists will have a tougher time to keep their work from being used without permission. Being a commercial artist in the Art Institute of Seattle I believe us artists should always have a certain control of our work and what becomes of it. The only way to battle such a demeaning law and to control our work is to create a system where an artist can make themselves identifiable within their work. Theoretically if someone created an online based system where anyone could input their artwork into a database and link their association to that image, they would be at a less likely risk of having their work stolen. This new system will be easy to use and free of charge. Its only purpose is to serve artists and to give their work an identity, so that if anyone were to come across their work, they would instantly know where to contact them.