How to copyright graphic designs?

What You Will Learn?

• Welcome to the class “How to copyright graphic designs?”.
• Nowadays graphic design has become extremely popular both from a creative and business point of view..
• With the advent of new modern technologies and the internet as a whole, the graphic design field has attracted a lot of attention and interest..
• Doing business with graphic designs, apart from the necessary creative skills, requires specific knowledge related to the available copyright protection too..
• This class is designed to teach graphic designers how copyright law can help them to control and benefit from their works in order to build a sustainable business model..
• Why is copyright so important for graphic designs?.
• There are two main reasons..
• First of all, copyright is a legal framework that protects every artistic work, including designs, against unauthorized use..
• Copyright gives every designer a tool to control the way his/her work is used and to prevent all sorts of infringing activities..
• This is crucial because without such control it would be near impossible for designers to make their living because everyone would be able to use their designs for free..
• The second reason is that copyright gives designers a ground for doing business with their works. That is to say, copyright stipulates particular rules that allow business transactions with copyrighted designs..