From the course: Copyright for Creatives: Protecting Your Work
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Sole proprietors
From the course: Copyright for Creatives: Protecting Your Work
Sole proprietors
- [Instructor] Infringement is almost always an individual act. A singular choice, and personally, I've never seen a case of copyright infringement that couldn't be tracked back to one person at a specific moment of time deciding to use something they knew they didn't create. I've thought a lot about why people infringe, and have noticed over the years two fundamental common denominators. One, they tend to avoid drawing. This compounds the problem and leads to the second. And the second one is, they stop creating, and they start looking for ideas online. Ironically, they usually have good taste, and recognize well-crafted art, but have no scruples taking it and using it as their own. This is the problematic realm where infringers thrive. I've classified infringers into four categories, and the first category is sole proprietors. These are individuals who own an unincorporated business, think independent freelancers. Some would say rouge artists. They've accessed your artwork. They may…
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