Saturday 30 March 2013

Artists & the Usage of Accounts Receivables

By Rob Sutter


Art theft should be taken very seriously and there are a number of reasons for it. For one, it's wrong in the sense of integrity, since people should take pride in their work and I don't believe that it can be done if some sort of stealing is being done. In addition, it's legally wrong and that is primarily what I would like to touch on as far as this topic goes. Accounts receivables may be the name of the game and the way for these acts of thievery to lessen.

Even though I don't exactly make art my priority, I will say that it serves as an excellent hobby. Sometimes I need an escape from the world of writing and being able to flex another set of creative muscles and work in a visual sense seems to bode well for me. I like being able to create something out of nothing, which is what I think any and all artists thrive off of. Of course, this passion isn't without a number of bumps in the road, which I don't believe should exist at all.

I frequent deviantART quite a bit, which means that I've seen more pieces of art stolen than a number of others, I am certain. People have had their work lifted; I can't help but feel angry since the original creators did all they could to mark it as their own. Nonetheless, it struck a chord with them and many actually went so far as to deactivate their accounts as well. This is, to say the least, a serious case and it's one of the many that should be addressed in a legal manner.

Accounts receivables seem to find themselves in the list of many on the matter. Artists can easily point the finger and tell someone that they stole something of theirs, which is fine enough. However, not many people go into the legalities of them, unless the cases are ones where money is seen. I think it'd be in the best interest of the people who were stolen from to take up strong agencies such as Rapid Recovery so that the case in question would be cleared.-

There are different levels of art theft which can be seen and I think that they vary based on severity. For example, someone tracing a cartoon character and altering it a little bit for personal purposes won't invoke legal troubles. Yes, it's still not something that I endorse and it shows little creativity but I think that it's easier to deal with because there is no profit being made. If an illustrator is making money off of someone else's work, though, then I can see accounts receivables becoming involved.




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