Here is a link to the US Copyright information "Works registered and documents recorded by the U.S. Copyright Office since January 1, 1978."
There is another link on the page that provides information on finding records before 1978.
-Katie
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
About Copyright
So, I dno't know if you guys have seen this or not, but I thought I'd throw it up here.
The US copyright office actually did a pretty decent job with their website, in my opinion. They're FAQ, in particular, is very straightforward.
Here is a link to the FAQ, which also provides links to further explain the topics and questions.
Enjoy :)
-Katie
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Danny Reorganized Abstract
Orphaned Art
The Internet today is an essential tool for artists to promote and expose their work digitally to the public. Such work includes digital paintings, photography, scanned images, and many more forms of art which can then be viewed in a digital format. However, with the transformation of copyright laws and the Orphan Works bill, which promotes the idea of allowing a group or individual permission to use abandoned licensed material if the creator cannot be found, artists are at an ever-increasing risk of having their work stolen or misused. As a result, artists are torn between the benefits of posting online and the responsibility of protecting their work.
With the Internet constantly evolving, it is essential that artists have a convenient way to lay claim to their work, making their property easily identifiable. Therefore, all art posted on the Internet should be registered in a new system that legally binds artists to their work, ensuring that due credit is received. This online system, called Artevita, will be a privately owned and operated copyrighting service and archive, which artists will utilize to keep track of their work.
Initially the company will be funded by small business loans and donations, eventually implementing unobtrusive advertising on the website to ensure that it remains free to use. Artevita will use image recognition software, such as Milabra©, to analyze each image that is uploaded to the system and run it against all other images in the database, checking for duplicates. This system would work similarly to Google’s™ search engine, in which users upload a copy of the image in question, allowing them to search for the original artist to obtain copyright permission. Any copyright issues will be double-checked by an administrator of the system in order to dismiss or verify copyright abuse.
The Artevita System protects artists from potential infringement and allows them to continue using the Internet to expand their careers, while also benefiting parties searching for copyright holders.
The Internet today is an essential tool for artists to promote and expose their work digitally to the public. Such work includes digital paintings, photography, scanned images, and many more forms of art which can then be viewed in a digital format. However, with the transformation of copyright laws and the Orphan Works bill, which promotes the idea of allowing a group or individual permission to use abandoned licensed material if the creator cannot be found, artists are at an ever-increasing risk of having their work stolen or misused. As a result, artists are torn between the benefits of posting online and the responsibility of protecting their work.
With the Internet constantly evolving, it is essential that artists have a convenient way to lay claim to their work, making their property easily identifiable. Therefore, all art posted on the Internet should be registered in a new system that legally binds artists to their work, ensuring that due credit is received. This online system, called Artevita, will be a privately owned and operated copyrighting service and archive, which artists will utilize to keep track of their work.
Initially the company will be funded by small business loans and donations, eventually implementing unobtrusive advertising on the website to ensure that it remains free to use. Artevita will use image recognition software, such as Milabra©, to analyze each image that is uploaded to the system and run it against all other images in the database, checking for duplicates. This system would work similarly to Google’s™ search engine, in which users upload a copy of the image in question, allowing them to search for the original artist to obtain copyright permission. Any copyright issues will be double-checked by an administrator of the system in order to dismiss or verify copyright abuse.
The Artevita System protects artists from potential infringement and allows them to continue using the Internet to expand their careers, while also benefiting parties searching for copyright holders.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Angelia_ Abstract
Orphaned Art
As the internet becomes more popular and more readily available everywhere, the importance of a successfully established and managed internet presence is usually self evident. Studies show that the Internet is more productive and has surpassed newspapers, radios, and magazines for information and research regarding products and services. This makes the Internet a favorite tool for artists to promote and expose their work to the public. However, with the transformation of copyright laws and the Orphan Works bill, artists have been at an ever-increasing risk of having their work stolen or misused. As a result, artists are torn between the benefits of posting online and protecting their work. With the Internet constantly evolving, it is essential that artists have a convenient way to lay claim to their work, making their property easily identifiable. Therefore, all art posted on the Internet should be registered in a new system that legally binds artists to their work, ensuring that due credit is received. Such a system will be able to connect with art communities and provide the opportunity for the artist to fill out information on the creative work before submitting it. These works would be filed in an archive, which can be accessed at any time if the original creator of a piece needs to be found. The system would work similarly to Google’s search engine, allowing users to search for original copyright holders and artists to ensure that their work is properly and legally copyrighted. This system protects artists from potential infringement and allows them to continue using the Internet to expand their careers.
The system that will maintain artists’ artwork online will be called______. The system will be privately maintained and owned. Images uploaded to the database will still be owned and copyrighted by the artist not by ______. Uploaded images will be run against all other images in the database system, this is a very similar operation like Milabra, one of the image recognition software. If the similarity is more than 80%, the server administrator will double check the
integrity and authenticity of the artwork before the artist can register it. Anytime someone wants to use an artist’s artwork, he/she has to first ask permission from the artist. Artists can specify how their artworks can be used and the compensations associated with it or they can be contacted if they prefer to do so. If such a deal would work out, _____ would also get a cut from the deal. That’s how they get money for operating this system. Once______’s website gets a lot of visitors, other companies would want to advertise there and there will be more revenues generated from advertising.
This system will benefit both the artists and _____.Artists can register and market their artworks for free and in return,_____ receives a portion of the revenue when someone wants to use artist’s artwork and also from advertising.
As the internet becomes more popular and more readily available everywhere, the importance of a successfully established and managed internet presence is usually self evident. Studies show that the Internet is more productive and has surpassed newspapers, radios, and magazines for information and research regarding products and services. This makes the Internet a favorite tool for artists to promote and expose their work to the public. However, with the transformation of copyright laws and the Orphan Works bill, artists have been at an ever-increasing risk of having their work stolen or misused. As a result, artists are torn between the benefits of posting online and protecting their work. With the Internet constantly evolving, it is essential that artists have a convenient way to lay claim to their work, making their property easily identifiable. Therefore, all art posted on the Internet should be registered in a new system that legally binds artists to their work, ensuring that due credit is received. Such a system will be able to connect with art communities and provide the opportunity for the artist to fill out information on the creative work before submitting it. These works would be filed in an archive, which can be accessed at any time if the original creator of a piece needs to be found. The system would work similarly to Google’s search engine, allowing users to search for original copyright holders and artists to ensure that their work is properly and legally copyrighted. This system protects artists from potential infringement and allows them to continue using the Internet to expand their careers.
The system that will maintain artists’ artwork online will be called______. The system will be privately maintained and owned. Images uploaded to the database will still be owned and copyrighted by the artist not by ______. Uploaded images will be run against all other images in the database system, this is a very similar operation like Milabra, one of the image recognition software. If the similarity is more than 80%, the server administrator will double check the
integrity and authenticity of the artwork before the artist can register it. Anytime someone wants to use an artist’s artwork, he/she has to first ask permission from the artist. Artists can specify how their artworks can be used and the compensations associated with it or they can be contacted if they prefer to do so. If such a deal would work out, _____ would also get a cut from the deal. That’s how they get money for operating this system. Once______’s website gets a lot of visitors, other companies would want to advertise there and there will be more revenues generated from advertising.
This system will benefit both the artists and _____.Artists can register and market their artworks for free and in return,_____ receives a portion of the revenue when someone wants to use artist’s artwork and also from advertising.
Katie_Refined_abstract
Orphaned Art
Manske. V02.
With the Internet becoming more popular and readily available, the opportunity for intellectual property abuse continues to grow. To avoid infringement, it is important that appropriate legislation be established to provide a safe environment for creative people to use the Internet as the tool it was meant to be, without fearing that their work will be misused.
The Internet has surpassed newspapers, radios, and magazines in the realm of obtaining up to date and relevant information, and has become an essential part of humanity's means of communication. This makes the Internet a favorite tool for artists to promote and expose their work to the public. However, with the transformation of copyright laws and the Orphan Works bill, which will give parties the ability to reach around copyright laws to use work without an artist's permission under certain circumstances, artists have been at an ever-increasing risk of having their work stolen or misused when posting online. As a result, artists are torn between the benefits of using the internet to hone their skills and promote themselves, and protecting their work.
With the Internet constantly evolving, it is essential that artists have a convenient way to lay claim to their work, making their property easily identifiable. Therefore, all art posted on the Internet should be registered in a new system that legally binds artists to their work, ensuring that due credit is received. Such a system would require artist's to submit their work and information into a digital database that, partnered with image recognition software and an archive with access to the Copyright office and world wide web, will keep track of the image and ensure it is used only as the artist allows. The system will not only ensure that an image is properly claimed, but allow those seeking to use the piece to seek out the proper copyright holder for permission, and grants the artist the opportunity to be proactive in protecting their work. In the event that infringement does occur, the system also assists the artist in legally claiming their work as their own, and keeping track of who is using their it. The system would work similarly to Google’s search engine, allowing users to search for original copyright holders and artists to ensure that their work is properly and legally copyrighted.
With the Internet becoming such an essential part of the artistic community, it is only natural that the United States Copyright office expands to better protect said community. Thus, the proposed system should be an extension of the U.S. Copyright office, exerting their own maintenance force and funding to evolve the Copyright process into a more modern and easily accessible model.
Potential group names:
Nutricius (latin for tutor, gaurdian.)
(see other list..>_>)
Potential system names:
Justice
ancile -is n. [a sacred shield , supposed to have fallen from heaven].
arcesso (accerso) -ere -ivi -itum [to fetch , call, summon]; legal, [to summon, bring before a court of justice]; in gen., [to fetch, derive, obtain]. Hence partic. arcessitus, [strained, far-fetched].
Auratus malum (Golden. Apple.)
Forsetti (this might be taken..)
Manske. V02.
With the Internet becoming more popular and readily available, the opportunity for intellectual property abuse continues to grow. To avoid infringement, it is important that appropriate legislation be established to provide a safe environment for creative people to use the Internet as the tool it was meant to be, without fearing that their work will be misused.
The Internet has surpassed newspapers, radios, and magazines in the realm of obtaining up to date and relevant information, and has become an essential part of humanity's means of communication. This makes the Internet a favorite tool for artists to promote and expose their work to the public. However, with the transformation of copyright laws and the Orphan Works bill, which will give parties the ability to reach around copyright laws to use work without an artist's permission under certain circumstances, artists have been at an ever-increasing risk of having their work stolen or misused when posting online. As a result, artists are torn between the benefits of using the internet to hone their skills and promote themselves, and protecting their work.
With the Internet constantly evolving, it is essential that artists have a convenient way to lay claim to their work, making their property easily identifiable. Therefore, all art posted on the Internet should be registered in a new system that legally binds artists to their work, ensuring that due credit is received. Such a system would require artist's to submit their work and information into a digital database that, partnered with image recognition software and an archive with access to the Copyright office and world wide web, will keep track of the image and ensure it is used only as the artist allows. The system will not only ensure that an image is properly claimed, but allow those seeking to use the piece to seek out the proper copyright holder for permission, and grants the artist the opportunity to be proactive in protecting their work. In the event that infringement does occur, the system also assists the artist in legally claiming their work as their own, and keeping track of who is using their it. The system would work similarly to Google’s search engine, allowing users to search for original copyright holders and artists to ensure that their work is properly and legally copyrighted.
With the Internet becoming such an essential part of the artistic community, it is only natural that the United States Copyright office expands to better protect said community. Thus, the proposed system should be an extension of the U.S. Copyright office, exerting their own maintenance force and funding to evolve the Copyright process into a more modern and easily accessible model.
Potential group names:
Nutricius (latin for tutor, gaurdian.)
(see other list..>_>)
Potential system names:
Justice
ancile -is n. [a sacred shield , supposed to have fallen from heaven].
arcesso (accerso) -ere -ivi -itum [to fetch , call, summon]; legal, [to summon, bring before a court of justice]; in gen., [to fetch, derive, obtain]. Hence partic. arcessitus, [strained, far-fetched].
Auratus malum (Golden. Apple.)
Forsetti (this might be taken..)
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Dennis Kutsenko's Abstract revision
Orphaned Art
As the Internet becomes more popular and readily available, the opportunity for copyright abuse continues to exist. To avoid this potentially lawless environment, it is important that appropriate legislation be established to provide rules and guidelines for productive operation. Studies show that the Internet is more productive and has surpassed newspapers, radios, and magazines for information and research regarding products and services. This makes the Internet a favorite tool for artists to promote and expose their work to the public. However, with the transformation of copyright laws and the Orphan Works bill which allows anyone to freely use images that do not have a clear owner, artists have been at an ever-increasing risk of having their work stolen or misused. As a result, artists are torn between the benefits of posting online and protecting their work.
With the Internet constantly evolving, it is essential that artists have a convenient way to lay claim to their work, making their property easily identifiable and all art posted on the Internet should be registered in a new system called ____ that legally binds artists to their work, ensuring that due credit is received. The ____ System will be able to connect with all art communities and provide the opportunity for the artist to fill out information on the creative work before submitting it. These works would be filed in an archive, which can be accessed at any time if the original creator of a piece needs to be found.
The system would work similarly to any search engine, allowing users to search for original copyright holders and artists to ensure that their work is properly and legally copyrighted. The way this would function is you would upload your work to a database and fill out an information section for each image so that your image can easily be located with proper credit.
This system protects artists from potential infringement and allows them to continue using the Internet to expand their careers. ____ will most likely be privately owned, so that it can be open and free of charge for everyone to use. ____ would be run by a small team of artists, which would then grow as the system expands. The creator of ___ will be responsible for all initial costs of the system until a donation method can be implemented as the system becomes accepted.
As the Internet becomes more popular and readily available, the opportunity for copyright abuse continues to exist. To avoid this potentially lawless environment, it is important that appropriate legislation be established to provide rules and guidelines for productive operation. Studies show that the Internet is more productive and has surpassed newspapers, radios, and magazines for information and research regarding products and services. This makes the Internet a favorite tool for artists to promote and expose their work to the public. However, with the transformation of copyright laws and the Orphan Works bill which allows anyone to freely use images that do not have a clear owner, artists have been at an ever-increasing risk of having their work stolen or misused. As a result, artists are torn between the benefits of posting online and protecting their work.
With the Internet constantly evolving, it is essential that artists have a convenient way to lay claim to their work, making their property easily identifiable and all art posted on the Internet should be registered in a new system called ____ that legally binds artists to their work, ensuring that due credit is received. The ____ System will be able to connect with all art communities and provide the opportunity for the artist to fill out information on the creative work before submitting it. These works would be filed in an archive, which can be accessed at any time if the original creator of a piece needs to be found.
The system would work similarly to any search engine, allowing users to search for original copyright holders and artists to ensure that their work is properly and legally copyrighted. The way this would function is you would upload your work to a database and fill out an information section for each image so that your image can easily be located with proper credit.
This system protects artists from potential infringement and allows them to continue using the Internet to expand their careers. ____ will most likely be privately owned, so that it can be open and free of charge for everyone to use. ____ would be run by a small team of artists, which would then grow as the system expands. The creator of ___ will be responsible for all initial costs of the system until a donation method can be implemented as the system becomes accepted.
Danny - Final Abstract
Orphaned Art
The Internet has come a long way since its initial inception. It has become a place where people conduct business, interact with strangers, and in some cases, make a name for themselves. With a multitude of software applications that can be used to create a personalized space in this electronic world, the Internet is now a favorite tool for artists to promote and expose their work to the public. However, a new bill threatens to disrupt the online art community. The Orphan Works bill, with backing by such people as Lawrence Lessig, proposes to make artwork, whose author can’t be found, available to anyone who wishes to use it.
With the Internet constantly evolving, it is essential that artists have a convenient way to lay claim to their work, making their property easily identifiable. Therefore, all art posted on the Internet should be registered in a new system that legally binds artists to their work, ensuring that due credit is received. Such a system will be able to connect with art communities and provide the opportunity for the artist to fill out information on the creative work before submitting it. These works would be filed in an archive, which can be accessed at any time if the original creator of a piece needs to be found. The system would work similarly to Google’s search engine, allowing users to search for original copyright holders and artists to ensure that their work is properly and legally copyrighted. This system protects artists from potential infringement and allows them to continue using the Internet to expand their careers.
The copyright system will be a privately owned and operated service for artists’ use to copyright their work. Initially the company will be funded by small business loans and donations and eventually, unobtrusive advertising on the website through the use of similar methods that Google and Yahoo have used to keep their search engines free for people to use. The system will use image recognition software, such as Milabra, to analyze each image that is uploaded to the database and run it against all other images in the database, checking for duplicates of that image. Any copyright issues will be double-checked by an employee of the system in order to dismiss or verify copyright abuse.
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