Saturday, April 15, 2023

Your Guide to BTS -- Copyright, Trademark, AI Art FAQ resources (4.20.23)

 Links here are excellent reference for these indie art life essentials. At the end of this post there is a gallery of memes and images promoting awareness of the value of artWORK.


Copyright and Trademark

This page from the Graphic Artists Guild website covers the FAQ on Copyright and Trademark, as well as some buisness basics like contracts and pricing guides:  https://graphicartistsguild.org/resources/

Copyright infographics by artist Lili Chin. Free downloads on her websitehttps://blog.doggiedrawings.net/post/145814382301


AI art and the impact on Artists

Concept Art Association. This industry organization helps promote the role of concept artists. This page on their website explains basics on AI ant the advocay role of Concept Art Assocation raising awareness in the industry, the public at large, and lawmakers in Washington and at the Copyright Office: https://www.conceptartassociation.com/advocacy


Blog post with background on how Karla Ortiz became the face of the fight for artist's rights: http://stuartngbooks.blogspot.com/2022/10/karla-ortiz-raising-awareness-on-ai-art.html

Photo below of artist Karla Ortiz in her Studio

"Musa Victoriosa" by Karla Ortiz, 2023. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/13/technology/ai-art-generator-lensa-stable-diffusion.html


Karla Ortiz Blog -- In Nov 2022 Karla launched her KOrtiz Blog which she describes as"....is a personal space for Karla to share art, processes, ideas, and all things art. This is also a space that will chronicle all of Karla’s personal thoughts and research on emerging AI technologies, the companies behind it, and all the concerns this new tech brings, from the artist’s perspective." https://www.kortizblog.com/ (Photo below is from the KOrtiz blog)

GLAZE --  background on, and link for the latest version of this free software, developed at University of Chicago, for artists to use to protect their online art images from being "scraped" for AI data sets. https://glaze.cs.uchicago.edu/index.html#whatis

Video from GLAZE creator Ben Zhao at SAND Lab, University of Chicago.


An earlier blog post about GLAZE

 http://stuartngbooks.blogspot.com/2023/03/glaze-protective-tech-against-unethical.html

GALLERY OF MEMES AND IMAGES

"4 Stages of Supporting" by Maginon02
Graphic below from PPA (Professional Photographers of America)

"Copyright Guidelines for Crafters and Hobbyists" by Ginger Davis Allman, The Blue Bottle Tree


"Can I Use That Picture" graphic by TheVisualCommunicationGuy.com
"Don't Work for Free Flowchart" by Peppermintmonster and Kelley McMorris
"Levels of Hell" graphic by Adam Ellis



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