Visual Artists Copyright vs. Trademark for Artists: Which Protection Do You Actually Need? Most artists know copyright protects their work — but not what trademark does differently, or when they need it. Here's the practical breakdown: copyright protects the art, trademark protects the brand, and some marks need both.
Visual Artists Gallery Representation Deals: What Artists Need to Know About Exclusivity, Splits, and Termination Gallery contracts cover more than just commission. Here is what visual artists need to know about exclusivity scope, payment timing, and protecting your work if the relationship ends.
Visual Artists The Visual Artist's AI Opt-Out Guide: What Actually Works in 2026 Three layers of defense — dataset, technical, legal — and which actually work for visual artists in 2026. Concrete steps for Spawning HIBT registration, Glaze cloaking, current AI-crawler robots.txt entries, EU TDMRep, and where DMCA still bites against AI outputs that copy your work.
Visual Artists Commission Contracts for Artists: Protecting Your IP, Preventing Scope Creep, and Getting Paid When Projects Die A commissioned painting, illustration, or photograph cannot be work-for-hire — no matter what the contract says. Here is what your commission contract needs to cover: copyright ownership, scope creep prevention, kill fees, and the payment structure that protects you when projects die.
Visual Artists How to Register a Series of Images: Single vs. Group Copyright Registration for Visual Artists Registering 750 photos individually costs up to $48,750 at standard Copyright Office rates. Group registration programs cut that to $55 — but there are eligibility rules, work caps, and a 3-month window that determine whether you keep your right to statutory damages.
Visual Artists Copyright Registration for Image Series: When to File Single, Group, or Unpublished Photo Registrations Visual artists with series work face a registration choice that decides fees, statutory damages, and what evidence holds up at trial. A practical map of single, group, and unpublished registration paths — with the gating questions that pick your filing form.
Visual Artists NFT and Blockchain Art: What Legal Questions Survived the Bubble The NFT market collapsed. The legal questions didn't. Artists still face unsettled issues around what buyers actually own, why royalties stopped paying out, and what happens to art stored on platforms that no longer exist.
