Award-winning designer Rachael Taylor and CEO of ACID (Anti Copying In Design) Ltd, Dids Macdonald OBE, share their ultimate tool and tips for protecting your art. Learn from the experts about the best ways to share your work online and protect your intellectual property.This stream was in celebration of our official partnership with Anti-Copying in Design as we together to help artists and designers to understand and protect their rights. Read more here.
Top 5 Essentials to Protect your intellectual property and designs online:
- Add your logo, website or a watermark to your designs
- Sign and date your original artwork
- Add copyright metadata to your designs – this can be done in Adobe programmes by going to File> File Info. Here is a quick tutorial.
- Register with ACID and upload your files to their IP databank. This can include scanned drawings, paintings, design files and even contracts so that there is a file trail and evidence if a copyright issue should arise.
- Display the ACID logo on your website and email signature, or include a sentence that you will take copyright infringement very seriously.
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Discounts
If you have taken any Make it in Design class and are new to ACID then you can receive 20% off the first year’s subscription of ACID membership (for one year only) – contact ACID for details – [email protected]
If you are an ACID member and are new to Make it in Design then you can receive 20% off when purchasing any available online class that we offer – email us via [email protected]
