The contest is still on. The only imegs that become my proberty are those who mail (snail mail) their enties. Those e-mailed or posted on my site remains that of the artist. And not mine. I can’t claim something that is not mine.
To anyone who postto this topic:
Please don’t post anything that may cause a bad response. This includes, langrage and content, and images. Thank you.
Still confused? Say I made a one of a kind sculptor, and gave it to my girlfriend. The artwork is still my creation and I get the credit for it. But now it’s the property of my GF, and she can do what ever she wants with it. Hopefully she won’t discard it. 
I can only claim the work I phisically have, not electrnicly.
Good Luck with the contest.
Hello Mr. White,
The statement above is a bit misleading. “Owning” an object of art created by another person, only means you have it in your possession. It does not mean you now own “universal rights” (forgive me if I’m misunderstanding where this thread is going) :qu: . Unless, of course, that is what was intended by the creator, and it is in writing. If I sell or give a person an illustration of mine, you can bet it will be for one time rights only (used only for the intended original purpose). The person who now “owns” the work cannot say they now own the copyright, whether it’s a hard copy (snail-mailed) or in a digital format.
cheers,
Adman
Very well stated Adman! I appreciate your professional wisdom on this thread.
Hopefully this will clear some of this up:
An item becomes copyrighted from the moment it is in a tangible form (for example, when saved to a hard disk). In the case of individual works, this copyright currently stays in effect for 70 years after the author’s death. information from the US Copyright Office
About the giving stuff away point:
“Mere ownership of a book, manuscript, painting, or any other copy or phonorecord does not give the possessor the copyright. The law provides that transfer of ownership of any material object that embodies a protected work does not of itself convey any rights in the copyright.” quoted from the US Copyright Office
And lastly:
“In the case of works made for hire, the employer and not the employee is considered to be the author.” quoted from the US Copyright Office
It sounds as though what you are asking for may be the last item, a work for hire. If that isn’t what you are asking, then I don’t see where fan art could be claimed as yours, even if snail mailed. If someone uses your image it would infringement, but if it is a unique creationm it doesn’t sound like you could claim copyright no matter which way you obtained the image.
I usually stay out of threads like this one, but this one kind of bugged me and needed a reply.
And may I just add a little to this one:
“In the case of works made for hire, the employer and not the employee is considered to be the author”
UNLESS they didn’t pay you and you did it outside of the office OUTSIDE of your job description. (You know how it goes, you are one thing, then the boss finds out you have a “talent” he can use…next thing ya know you are doing “a favor”.
THAT isn’t work for hire, even if the boss uses it. I copyrighted my “favor” via the fee/application online the day before I turned in the “favor”.
Speaking of favors… :qu: :rolleyes:
Adman, and Kathy have hit the nail smake on the head. Thanks guys for the postings. Now that the copyright issue is resolved, let’s see some creativity. 
-Richard
Okay Everyone, Don’t forget the deadline is New Years Day.
Merry CHRISTmas, Everyone, and a Happy New Year.
Sorry, I spent so much time reading and then trying to understand much of this thread that I ran out of time to actually draw anything.
Good build Adman.
G