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> deliberate booby trap I would say that optional Copyright registration and spray and pray is the only viable monetization path for visual artists. Register a
by vmception 5y ago
> deliberate booby trap
I would say that optional Copyright registration and spray and pray is the only viable monetization path for visual artists. Register and make your art available for others without a ton of watermarks or anything. Find them with reverse image search later.
It is very underused because the artists are largely segregated from the legal system, due to lack of exposure alongside real or imagined costs.
But it is ripe for use.
- tessierashpool 5y ago> I would say that optional Copyright registration and spray and pray is the only viable monetization path for visual artists. Why would you say that? Just talk to artists who are actually monetizing their work and ask how many of them are using this strategy. Then ask them what they do instead.
- egypturnash 5y agoArt is my day job and Patreon is working pretty well for me. No lawyers required.
- yxwvut 5y agoThis extortion strategy worked pretty well for Getty a few years back (not sure if they've since changed the practice). Probably a bit easier for a big firm with a bevy of lawyers than a lone artist, as you note.