Copyright 2001 - 2002 New World Concepts

All images on this website are copyrighted the artist(s) and/or New World Concepts. Permission to copy the html formatting will not be unreasonably withheld.

Copyright exists when a work is first created in tangible form.
In the case of paintings or sculptures, they are under copyright protection the moment it is created and fixed in a tangible form so that it is perceptible either directly or with the aid of a machine or device. Photographic images including those of works of art are also subject to copyright law.

There is no longer any requirement that a copyright notice
be affixed to a work of art in order to have a valid copyright.
In other words, use of the copyright notice is optional.
_________________________________________________

You can read the actual copyright law, United States Code - Title 17 - Copyrights courtesy of Cornell University.

If you need more copyright information, check out the U.S. Copyright Office, or The Franklin Pierce Law Center .


____________________________________________________________