[Archers] Images and Copyright and SCA

[Lord Robert Cameron de Grey]

On Google Images and Flickr there are options for only showing images available for reuse, modification and redistribution. 

This can also be referred to as 'Creative Commons' as this is the licensing generally applied. 

Seek out these images and youll be fine. 

There are variations of CC and some require attribution. 

This is a much larger subject but Im attempting to be brief.

Happy Hunting!

Cam



> On Sep 17, 2016, at 8:56 PM, Mike Durling <durling at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> There are lots of animal line art graphics on various sites that are free to use. A search for "free animal line art" brings up a lot of choices. These aren't necessarily realistic images but I've managed to make some serviceable targets with them. 
> In Service,
> 
> Leofric
> 
> Archery Marshal, Barony of Tir y Don
>> On 9/17/16 8:39 PM, jaynardone at comcast.net wrote:
>> Yep you need to be very cautious and if I am using someone else's art work, I always write them first. I explain to them that I am simply making an archery target to be used in a shoot and explain what the SCA is. I also explain there is no money to be made from it and it is purely for the shoot. Some are very amused and say yes and I have had a few that simply said no. But I always try to ask. Today I know something as simply as a "registered" symbol is enough to protect the artwork.
>> 
>> In Service,
>> 
>> Janyn
>> 
>> 
>> From: "Rick Ferrell" <marylandgreenman at gmail.com>
>> To: archers at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
>> Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2016 8:32:28 PM
>> Subject: [Archers] Images and Copyright and SCA
>> 
>> So I was surfing the Internet for images in connection with some targets I am working on for an event when I discovered something that I suppose I should have known for decades:  copyright infringement legalities.
>> 
>> I had thought for DECADES (at least two anyway) that private use was fine and that Copyright statutes only applied if you tried to re-use an image to make profit or if you plagiarized it by claiming it at your own.
>> 
>> I did a very depressing read of various attorney's posts on the subject and it turns out that even just right-click/Save As, even for personal use, can often be a violation of Federal law!
>> 
>> Are any of my fellow archers legal minds?   I would welcome any ideas on this count.   Suddenly my nice fancy targets will have to be drawn by hand (which is admittedly charming if the artist is good enough...but mine will likely be pretty comical since I can't draw animals to save my life).   Perhaps I can slide by with drawing heraldic beasties since they are easier than lifelike ones (which is what I'd had in mind) but still, I welcome input from all.
>> 
>> Keep'em flying!
>> 
>> Rycherd of Caistron
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