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Okay, so I went to a great forum last Wednesday night. It was put on by the City of Olympia’s Park and Recreation Dept. and was filmed live for later broadcast on our local TCTV. A lawyer who volunteers with The Washington Lawyers for the Arts spoke to us about Copyright issues.

The copyright on any “works in a tangible medium” is the life of the artist + 70 years. It was a great two hours and a lot of interesting scenarios were shared by some of the artists. One lady is a calligrapher and she uses quotes from literary works. Under the current law, she is infringing on the copyright owner. She was told that she should seek permission from the author or publisher before using any quotes from works where the creator is still alive.

I make, actully made, political collages out of magazine images. This I will cease doing because I am infringing on the intellectual property of the photographer. I had no idea….I suggest you do some research before you take an existing image and incorporate it into your own work.

Library of Congress (then Copyright Office)