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Oh PC I think they are both so good. The dragon snail came out very nice. And the chipmunk is just so cute. 😀
GOD you are good Purplecat! They are awesome!
I notice that you have Copyright writen in the picture…are they registered? How do you go about that? I need to get some pictures copyrightMelody gives excellent advice on that. I’m still en-process and am not clear enough on it to give much help. Lemme see if I can post what she posted to me…. 🙂
Here ya go!
quote Melody:
You need to check with a copyright lawyer if you are serious about starting a business with these.Use his advice, not mine!
I’m not qualified to give legal advice of course, but this is what our lawyer tells us:
Everyone has copyright protection on every piece of art they do, automatically, without doing anything at all.
Adding the little circle “c” and your name and date notifies the world that it is copyrighted (some stuff isn’t). Nobody can then say “Oh gee! I didn’t know it was copyrighted!”We also file paper copyrights on the Windstone sculpture.
Filing paper copyrights costs thirty dollars per copyright, but my understanding is that it gives you the added ability to collect legal fees and maybe other money from the infringers. It also helps prove when you made the piece, and exactly what it looks like, because you include photos with the filing.(If something of yours is knocked off, you will have the evidence that you did it first, since often the originality is questioned )
This gives you the maximum protection, if you plan to sell your pieces to the public and have them exposed to being knocked off, and if you plan to fight infringements ferociously, and spend money on legal fees!
Still, it is good to know you have the fullest protection you can get, if you think you got something that will be seriously knocked off.Other ways I file stuff cheaper, is to file 20 things together as a “collection”, if you are doing a bunch of stuff together, such as a chess set, or a group of prints.
purplecat wrote:Here ya go!
quote Melody:
You need to check with a copyright lawyer if you are serious about starting a business with these.Use his advice, not mine!
I’m not qualified to give legal advice of course, but this is what our lawyer tells us:
Everyone has copyright protection on every piece of art they do, automatically, without doing anything at all.
Adding the little circle “c” and your name and date notifies the world that it is copyrighted (some stuff isn’t). Nobody can then say “Oh gee! I didn’t know it was copyrighted!”We also file paper copyrights on the Windstone sculpture.
Filing paper copyrights costs thirty dollars per copyright, but my understanding is that it gives you the added ability to collect legal fees and maybe other money from the infringers. It also helps prove when you made the piece, and exactly what it looks like, because you include photos with the filing.(If something of yours is knocked off, you will have the evidence that you did it first, since often the originality is questioned )
This gives you the maximum protection, if you plan to sell your pieces to the public and have them exposed to being knocked off, and if you plan to fight infringements ferociously, and spend money on legal fees!
Still, it is good to know you have the fullest protection you can get, if you think you got something that will be seriously knocked off.Other ways I file stuff cheaper, is to file 20 things together as a “collection”, if you are doing a bunch of stuff together, such as a chess set, or a group of prints.
😀 Thanks purplecat
So if I understand I can put the © sign beside my name and that would be legal since it still is copyright even though I did not file the papers. I would just have a hard time proving that I had done it first. Unless I actualy file those papers.Wow! I almost missed this as I don’t visit this area very often. Put me down for one snaildragon and one chirpmunk, too. Please.
That’d be great! I’ll be casting as soon as i sell a couple pyos so I can order the stuffs for it! 😀
Have you thought about your prices yet, purplecat? Or are you waiting to see how much they cost to make first? I’m already looking at my shelves and thinking about chirpmunk placement 😀
I’m thinking that the dragonsnails will cost $125 and the chipmunks $35. I’ve got the costs labelled out but of course there’ll be alot of plaster-waste and silicone-waste at first but eventually I’ll start making profit. I’ll be ordering the casting stuffs next week and then I’ll be rolling on these guys! The dragonsnail I’m currently considering paint color schemes for. 🙂
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