#Artistic licence meaning license#
#Artistic licence meaning free#

Now, this type of incident happens too much on the internet, and without helpful eyes monitoring the chaos that is the websites of millions, it is really hard to discover how much misuse there is.

Not all the conditions were met, but at least the images were removed instantly. The artist stated he wanted a letter of intent, and removal immediately, and for the graphic designer to formally apologise.

Once the word lawyer was involved by the artists, they stated they thought it was worth €50. When that was discussed the bar stated that the party would be that friday and they would be willing to remove the image then, after the party.

All of which would not result in a fee being paid for the image. They also tried several gracious attempts to flatter the artist, saying that they loved his work and it made his work look good, or it will be seen by lots of people.

#Artistic licence meaning free#

Then the graphic design stated that he found it on a Tumblr website, so ‘assumed’ it was free to use ( more that that later). The artist later denied any knowledge of the graphic designer. The designer said he know the artist and so though it OK to use his image. After contacting the bar and graphic design who was responsible, the artist found a plethora of contradictions in statements coming from both of them. It must be pointed out at this stage that the artist had not agreed to allow the use of this artwork in such a way. This led him to discover that two of his images had been used by the Greek bar to advertise a party. He came across the image through a vigilant eye of a known associate of his.

#Artistic licence meaning license#

This is in fact one of the pieces of the founder of the artistic license movement, Rob Snow. Here is a good example of one of the more common aspects of internet crimes against artists image misuse. If any of these have affected your operation as an artist, then maybe instead of feeling like a single voice in a sea of internet confusion and intricacy, that there could be a place where you could feel that like minded artists feel the same, support this injustice and work together in order that we all make a good living from our skills. Below are some categorised areas of concern. There are so many cases coming to light of different aspects by which artist’s images are exploited for the wrong reason. What the Artistic License aims to achieve, is basically create a community of artists ( hopefully in large numbers) that will work with an organised and legal body, to help each other, and for the purpose of individual complaints in a way that can register offenders, work to make better links with the reproduction industry, and look at ways where the creative soul can feel more at ease in putting out their work piece, without fear of the many aspects that are listed below. More poisonous is the way that many people ( some creatives as well) misuse and reuse artwork in order to resell and make a living off the back of the creative mind. Taking away, or misusing that ability to pay our bills is detrimental to our own survival. After all, us artists, we make a living from our works. This, from a creative point of view is becoming unacceptable. Who simply believe that art on the internet is free, or there for them to do with as they please. However, the state of affairs regarding the internet these days, has delivered a new actionable offence by individuals. Many a time it has come to light, since the integration of technology and creativity, that copying and theft will be part of the agenda. What we have aims to do, in this growing group, is to modify the term in such a way, that it is us the artist, whom have control of our creations. The basic definition of artistic license, should be known to all artists in their creative endeavours:Īrtistic license ( also known as dramatic license, historical license, poetic license, narrative license, licentia poetica, or simply license ) is a colloquial term, sometimes euphemism, used to denote the distortion of fact, alteration of the conventions of grammar or language, or rewording of pre-existing text made by an artist to improve a piece of art.