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Chapter 2 discusses copyright, trademark and patent laws and how to protect your work.
This resource examines laws governing visual arts including copyright and trademark. This guide provides artists with information about legal and business issues. The first section of the book is about legal protection for art and artists, and includes a large section on copyright.
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Find the basics here. Hours Ask Us My Account. Contact Us. First, I was frustrated by the lack of any documentation and critical analysis.
It's all very well for a non-fiction writer to write a compelling narrative. But too many these days sacrifice factual support for their arguments in favor of a novelistic approach.
The book Permissions, A Survival Guide: Blunt Talk about Art as Intellectual Property, Susan M. Bielstein is published by University of Chicago Press. Permissions, A Survival Guide: Blunt Talk about Art as Intellectual Propery [ Susan M. While Bielstein is not an IP attorney, she writes from the perspective that I.
It is possible to have both! The second problem with the book is the lack of any illustrations. This, I expect, was a problem with permissions, so not the author's fault, but it was awfully annoying.
Lilithcat - I, too, really would have appreciated illustrations - especially of The Taking of Christ and the St. John that sparked all of this. As for the documentation and critical analysis, I admit it hasn't bothered me so far I'm about halfway through.
To me, the book reads like an extended newspaper feature story with his sources mainly being the interviewees involved. Since the book seems to be primarily their stories, I'm not overly fussed with analysis. I, personally, feel that advancing arguments in this context would have seemed out of place. I find Gourevitch's conclusions interesting, though sometimes misguided. I mention this to point out that I understand how engaging non-fiction books that do advance arguments are.
I don't want the above to come across wrong, I'm genuinely curious, not trying to be snotty. I don't believe that sources need to be identified only when an author is making an argument. It's my view that the reader, if she so chooses, should be able to go to the sources used by the author to verify or not, as the case may be the factual assertions made in the book.
It also helps me to know how much credit to give what is said. Is the source reliable?
Is it biased? For instance, in The Devil and the White City , Erik Larson's footnotes made it evident that in his discussion of the activities of the murderer, Holmes, he had relied a great deal on stories in the tabloid press.
That tells me that I should probably take much of the "facts" with a grain of salt! The illustrations thing is a pain. When I first read the book, my reaction was, "Why on earth would you publish a book about a painting without images of the painting?! Bielstein , and realized that it was likely a permissions issue.
So he said he wanted to remake the set. Apr 13, Rebecca rated it it was amazing. Bielstein does a great job of exporing copyright issues in the world of art publishing. Published June 23rd by University of Chicago Press. In doing so, she unsnarls the threads of permissions that have ensnared scholars, critics, and artists for years.