Oh lord, I have seen people freaking out about this so much the last few days. In a nutshell: Don't. The bill hasn't been passed (it's been rejected before, actually), and does NOT apply to everyone. If you keep a private website with your art on it, you should sign it (signature, e-mail or website URL) if you're worried; if your gallery is located on a place like deviantArt or other online gallery communities, no, they can't up and gank it, because all relevant information on the work and you (and methods of contacting you!) are available through the site
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I dunno, if that was the case, I don't think artists would be fighting this bill so much. And doesn't seem like they would pick and choose so much like with the Canadian system. I'm not really freaking out since it hasn't passed but I just found the ideals behind the bill to be a big headache and an ache in wallets really. With some things I heard, it seems that it doesn't really matter if you publish it on the web or in a book, that it becomes public domain or that things that have been created in the past before the bill initiates, if it does, will be negated until registered with the new system. Urg, if it were that simple still, to self publish on the interwebs .. wow, we have to ugly everything so up with watermarks.. hurray.
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I'm not really freaking out since it hasn't passed but I just found the ideals behind the bill to be a big headache and an ache in wallets really. With some things I heard, it seems that it doesn't really matter if you publish it on the web or in a book, that it becomes public domain or that things that have been created in the past before the bill initiates, if it does, will be negated until registered with the new system.
Urg, if it were that simple still, to self publish on the interwebs .. wow, we have to ugly everything so up with watermarks.. hurray.
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