Thank you for posting this! As an artist whose work was just blatantly copied by another mosaic "student" artist in another country, I found Jody's talk timely and helpful. I'm going to look into the Berne Convention, at least for the language to use in a letter to the violator. Several people have come into the discussion claiming that it's ok to copy a work for "study," but I reject that idea. Copying ancient works, or works in the public domain by deceased artists, perhaps. But printing out photos of my work from my website and constructing a sculpture that mimics mine, utilizing my photos to exactly recreate the pattern and color and texture - that's unethical. We as artists should protect one another's copyrights and prohibit students from doing such offensive copying in our courses and workshops.
Thank you for posting this! As an artist whose work was just blatantly copied by another mosaic "student" artist in another country, I found Jody's talk timely and helpful. I'm going to look into the Berne Convention, at least for the language to use in a letter to the violator. Several people have come into the discussion claiming that it's ok to copy a work for "study," but I reject that idea. Copying ancient works, or works in the public domain by deceased artists, perhaps. But printing out photos of my work from my website and constructing a sculpture that mimics mine, utilizing my photos to exactly recreate the pattern and color and texture - that's unethical. We as artists should protect one another's copyrights and prohibit students from doing such offensive copying in our courses and workshops.