Image Icons

The premiere issue of Creators Circle Magazine, the Icon issue, follows the thread of iconic images through exploits and opportunities on the Internet today. Our cover story, "Multiples of Marilyn", details the challenge that famous images face with rampant replication on the web. "Obama Flickrs" discusses White House distribution of its official images via Flickr and the special rights package used. From a young perspective, "Clueless Copying" sheds light on the hidden problem of content duplication in multiple photosharing accounts. Two articles give a step-by-step "How To" for registering copyright with the U.S. Copyright Office and bulk data exports to the C-Registry.us. A survey asks if it should be illegal to take images from web sites for personal use, and C-Registry co-founder Randy Taylor is interviewed. The debut issue wraps with the legal controversy between artist Shepard Fairey and the Associated Press over the iconic poster image of President Obama and its artistic effect.