Should You Copyright Your Art?

If you’ve created good art that has the potential to be replicated, you might want to consider registering for copyright protection. As artists, our work product is unique. Or so we’d like to believe. So when our art is used by someone else, without any credit or attribution given to us, then it can affect an artist on more than just the level of a bruised ego.

Art, whether literary, musical or visual, has income generating potential. In the music world, for example, a song can generate royalties for years to come if its used in an ongoing production.

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Art is in the eye of the beholder

A great female artist once said “Art is’t what you see. It’s what you make others see.” That great artist was Georgia O’Keeffe.

That’s the magic behind art.

An abstract artist knows that her work is personal, but that a great piece of work lets the viewer figure out the meaning– because the meaning is personal to each art appreciator.

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Art can change hearts and minds

This is a challenging time for Muslims.

We can say that things have changed, but the need for change continues to power us.

Yes, there has been a lot of change. The narrative, however, needs to be shifted further.

In a community that faces discrimination and hate, we must unite within first. Despite ideological rifts, this group is about what we share in interests.

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