Copyrights? Right, if you\'re not familiar with it you better read up on it. Here are some links to put in your favotires:
http://www.copyright.gov/
http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html
http://www.cas.usf.edu/english/walker/papers/copyright/ipdummie.html
http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=5198&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=13848&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Also check out \"trademark\", since that sometimes gets confused with IP.
http://www.uspto.gov/
You\'re asking that because you want to know if drawings you put on internet are protected, right? Well, copyright is yours as soon as you\'ve made the design.
Things is though that the idea behind the drawing is not protected. You\'ve mentioned wanting to do special races. Well, from the way I understand it, if you show those races and people like the idea, there is nothing to keep others from pinching the idea and release them themselves. They just can\'t use your designs nor base it on things which are recognisably your design. To take the famous example of space marines, GW is the only one who has the right to make the space marines in their style. But everybody can make power armoured, genetically modified, brainwashed space soldiers. As long as they don\'t incorporate things that are recognisably GW\'s designs (which is the error that Canadian company (Enigma?) made).
By the way, 1listsculpting is a good place to as these kind of questions. As well as other questions that have to do with starting and running a miniature company. I\'m not saying that because I\'m a moderator there
but because of the very large number of professionals amongst the members. Not just sculptors but any type of professional that has to do with miniatures. Designers, casters, game designers, company owners, etc. You\'ll find them to be very helpfull and it\'s a good way of getting to know people in the industry (and you\'ll see that when you\'re in that circle that the world is a small place. ).
I\'ve also noticed that professionals regularly react to questions over at the miniature pages, so you may want to try that forum too: http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/topics.mv?id=31
Bye, Ming-Hua
P.s. good advice by minigrrrl.
http://www.copyright.gov/
http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html
http://www.cas.usf.edu/english/walker/papers/copyright/ipdummie.html
http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=5198&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=13848&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Also check out \"trademark\", since that sometimes gets confused with IP.
http://www.uspto.gov/
You\'re asking that because you want to know if drawings you put on internet are protected, right? Well, copyright is yours as soon as you\'ve made the design.
Things is though that the idea behind the drawing is not protected. You\'ve mentioned wanting to do special races. Well, from the way I understand it, if you show those races and people like the idea, there is nothing to keep others from pinching the idea and release them themselves. They just can\'t use your designs nor base it on things which are recognisably your design. To take the famous example of space marines, GW is the only one who has the right to make the space marines in their style. But everybody can make power armoured, genetically modified, brainwashed space soldiers. As long as they don\'t incorporate things that are recognisably GW\'s designs (which is the error that Canadian company (Enigma?) made).
By the way, 1listsculpting is a good place to as these kind of questions. As well as other questions that have to do with starting and running a miniature company. I\'m not saying that because I\'m a moderator there
but because of the very large number of professionals amongst the members. Not just sculptors but any type of professional that has to do with miniatures. Designers, casters, game designers, company owners, etc. You\'ll find them to be very helpfull and it\'s a good way of getting to know people in the industry (and you\'ll see that when you\'re in that circle that the world is a small place. ).I\'ve also noticed that professionals regularly react to questions over at the miniature pages, so you may want to try that forum too: http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/topics.mv?id=31
Bye, Ming-Hua
P.s. good advice by minigrrrl.
