Only the actual artist can copyright their work. Popeye Wong allows you to use his art to make tags etc free of charge. If you make a tag with his art the copyright is still his. If i made a tag with his art i can't copyright that tag to me. The copyright is owned by Popeye Wong ... it doesn't matter what i do to it. If someone then takes the tag i made and puts their name on it instead of mine then all i can do is moan ... it's what they call ripping. I didn't paint the original picture or take the original photo ... therefore i don't own the copyright to that tag .... all i did is add some fancy bits and put my name on it. The same stands if i purchased a Keith Garvey tube and made a tag from it, the copyright is STILL Keith Garvey's even if i paid money for the tube and have a license to use it ... if someone then takes my tag and removes my name and puts theirs on it . there's nothing i can do about it but moan .. lol .. Even though i purchased the tube the copyright still belongs to the artist .. not to me. I'm afraid if people don't like others ripping off their tags then they should pack in making tags! As long as the original artist's copyright is on the tag and that artists allows his art to be used or you buy his tubes .. then that's all the law asks for. The artists do have rights and they own the copyright to their art .. us taggers do not. The only way under law we can copyright a tag we have made is if we have taken the photo ourselves or if we have drawn or painted the image.
I would be proud if someone thought a tag i made good enough to go to the trouble of putting their name on it and use it as a siggie tag!
hugs Hushpup
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