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 Traian Băsescu, the President of Romania, stated that: "Piracy helped the young generation discover computers. It set off the development of the IT industry in Romania . ”


Copyright is the most important LEGAL ISSUE faced by artist, it is important to copyright your work/art or it can be stolen and used by others and labelled as their own. There are legalities that affect an artist to do with copyright one needs to know, and the extent at which they can use it to protect their work. The effects of ignoring copyright laws can lead you to court, being either sued, for not complying by the rules and regulations and having to sue someone for copying your work, two situations you never want to be put in!

Copyright laws properly obeyed can affect the artist in that they can keep their reputation and have the rights to their work so it cannot be stolen. These laws affect everyone, as everyone must abide by these laws or they will have to face the consequences! Therefore you should also be aware of using someone else’s work, and not violating someone else’s copyright as you can be sued by the owner of the copyright and get into a lot of trouble.

There are certain things that can violate on a person’s copyright, such as taking pictures of someone else’s work as references for your own artwork. Also using someone elses words and not using it as a quote or not adding a bibliography can infringe on the laws of copyright, which affects both you and the artist.

It is both better and safer to abide by the rules of copyright so you and the artist are not put at risk, nobody wants their work stolen and used by someone else, so do the right thing and you will not be facing a jury in court!

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