ARTISTS' COALITION AGAINST PIRACY

Greetings! Welcome to Acap's official home page. Here we will post news, information etc. that can be of public interest. 'We', who currently work with this, are: Niala Board member Sam Contacts and member pages Randy Newsletter editor Rain Webmaster Dami Board Member Jeanie Client Services If you have questions, suggestions etc about the alliance, your'e welcome to mail us! copyright@theacap.com   This Acap Ring site owned by Acap [ Skip Previous | Previous | Next | Skip Next | Next 5 | Random | List ] Why this alliance? We wish there were no need for Acap. But as the web - and the world - look today, there is a need for us... There are lots of artists on the web, all around the world, who offer high quality original art for free. Most of them have a few conditions that go with the use of their work; a link back, no bandwidth stealing, a small fee for use of commercial pages etc. And most people follow these rules; they are grateful and happy to be offered graphics, music and scripts without paying for it. But sadly enough, there are also people who refuse to follow them; who take whatever they please, don't link back, alter the graphics without obtaining permission and steal bandwidth. And this has become a problem; many artists have become tired of being robbed and offended; many don't know what to do when it happens. Some have given up, and closed their free sites. Others may do the same in the future. What is the idea? The main idea with Acap is to join web artists together, whitch will make us much stronger and give us a united voice to raise against all kinds of copyright violence. But we will also try to educate people in these subjects; we know that many of the violators don't mean to do wrong - they just don't understand that the rules are meant to be followed by everyone. Who can join? There are two main sections of Acap; one is for the artists, with the web ring and member pages. This is where we meet and share our experiences and advice. The other section, eg this page and all pages linked from here, are for everyone who are interested. If you want to support us, please put up a link to us on your page! If you link to us, please send us a mail with your URL, and we'll link back to you on our 'Supporters' page. If you are an artist and want to join, please go here to read more. Our services are open to all artists and they are free. If you have someone infringing on your copyright work and need help, please contact us. Although we have been very effective at helping artists around the world stop infringments against their work, every once in a while it must be taken to court. If you need an attorney, please check through the Law Firm Directory Attorney Search. You may also contact us to help you find a low cost copyright attorney who can help you. What's new? We now have a copyright question and answers board, please come by and post your questions. We now have 32 active members in the ring. We have also added a supporter's page. Do you know of a site using someone else's work without credit? You can report it here SUPPORTER'S PAGE We would like to thank these sites for supporting ACAP and the rights of internet artists. Want to be a supporter? Sign up here! LINK TO US LOGOS Here is a page of ACAP logos donated by some very wonderful artists. AN ARTIST'S PLEA Please read this if you have a web page. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Post your copyright questions here. COPYRIGHT AND BANDWIDTH INFORMATION Have questions? Please come in. FORTRESS OF SHAME Visit the page we were forced to erect in order to place shameful users on our dishonorable roll. TEST YOUR COPYRIGHT IQ Test your copyright IQ in our new quiz. This is an alpha model for testing purposes only. AOL HELP PAGE Are your graphics showing up to other people? Find out here. YAHOO!/GEOCITIES BOYCOTT Still not acceptable to you as a webmaster. LICENSING ARTWORK How to protect your rights! JOIN ACAP Do you want to join ACAP?