How long is art under copyright in the United States?
A copyright lasts for the life of the artist, plus 70 years after the artist's death.
What is Fair Use?
Are you in any way making money from it? Are you using it in an Art Show with Awards? Did you use it on Social Media? Are you using it for a Scholarship? These are all ways to promote yourself or make money and considered commercial.
All art work for this class should be Copyright Free!
There are 4 main rules to understand.
1. The purpose and character of the use, whether it’s being used for commercial or nonprofit educational purposes.
2. The nature of the copyright-protected work—is it more factual or highly creative?
3. The amount and significance of the portion used. It’s not as simple as using less than 10 percent; there is no precise formula to ensure that using a particular amount of a work will qualify.
4. The effect of the use on the potential market for or value of the protected work.
MLA Citation Format: Cartoons and Illustrations (MLA Handbook,8th ed.) Structure 1. Artist last name, artist first name 2. Title of work (in quotation marks) 3. Format (cartoon or illustration) 4. Title of Container (website or database) italicized 5. Other Contributors 6. Publication information Newspapers: Name of Print Publication date, page numbers (mark as pp. #) Journals: Volume number, date of publication, page number (mark as pp. #) Books: City: Name of Publisher, date of publication, page numbers if being referenced (mark as pp. #). 7. DOI or URL. 8. Date of access
Examples: Last Name, First Name. “Title.” Illustration. Newspaper title, [Location], Day Month Year of publication, page number, opt. URL. Day Month Year of access. Franklin, Benjamin. "Join or Die." Illustration. The Pennsylvania Gazette, 9 May 1754, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/2014647887/. Accessed 16 Feb. 2017.
MLA Citation Format: Photographs (MLA Handbook, 8th ed.) Structure 1. Artist last name, artist first name 2. Title (italicized) 3. Date of composition 4. Version (photograph) 5. Title of Container (name of the institution it is housed), country or state. 6. Publisher: Title of the database or website (italicized) 7. Date published URL or DOI 8. Date of access
Examples: Last name, First name. Title. Date of composition, Photograph, Institution, Country. Title of the Website, Date published on site, URL. Day Month Year of access. O'Sullivan, Timothy H. Incidents of the War. A Harvest of Death. 1865, Photograph, Library of Congress, Washington D.C., www.loc.gov/item/2018667213/. Accessed 10 Feb. 2012.
Where can I find images I can use legally?
1. Some websites sell images. If you do not buy and save your receipt and information, you do not have the right to use them!
2. Very old artwork, photographs or illustrations may be out of copyright. A copyright lasts for the life of the artist, plus 70 years after the artist's death.
3. The Library of Congress does save artwork and if it is old enough you may use it by citing the information properly.
Art with a Message
Create an artwork that has a message that resonates with you and can influence others.
Photoshop your own drawing or images with two or more copyright free images from the Library of Congress. Images must be copyright free, 70 years past the date of the artist's death. Take those artworks or publications and your own images and select and mask the images to create a new artwork with a new meaning or message that is relevant today.
Make sure your message is clear. Use the message as the title of your artwork. You may also use words in this artwork that are cut from old publications too.
Create a MLA citation page in Word and a title for your artwork. Hand in the final Jpeg, the Psd and a Word file that has all the proper MLA citations for your artwork and images of the copyright free images you are using and your final artwork with a title and your name.
Think about influencing others for the good of the public.
"No Pipeline on Stolen Land!" by Cassidy Condray
"Deforestation will Ruin Our Nation" by Christina Carvelho