[Jewelry making - Article 00001] - Re: [Orchid] "Poor-Man's Copyright"

[Christine Pyman]

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    Hi, in Australia, if you make a one off piece of jewellery, it is
    considered along with " art" to be automatically copyright to the
    artist at the moment ( or thereabouts ) of creation, and nothing
    more needs to be done in regards to this. If you plan producing more
    than one hundred of your piece, you then have to register the design
    BEFORE you start selling it with IP Australia, if you want it
    protected legally that is, at a cost of $90. IP then process your
    application to register this design, but when application is
    accepted ( if it is) the design registration is dated from your
    original application date. The registration also comes up for
    renewal after a period of time, at a further fee. I've been going
    through this process for a while now, and I'm still a little hazy on
    what happens if you make say... 30 of a piece, but I think if you
    argue artistic input on each piece, then it is part of the automatic
    copyright for artists thing. Arts Law were the people who told me
    about this, but it was a couple of years ago, and the whole issue of
    protecting one's work can be a little complicated. Christine in Sth
    Australia 

    another thought- I understand that this "protection" is only valid
    in Australia and countries which have copyright agreements with us 


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