WEST VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Social Sciences
La Paz, Iloilo City
HUM 110: Art Appreciation
Worksheet
Second Semester A.Y. 2022 - 2023
Instructions: Answer the following questions comprehensively. Make sure to observe
proper grammar and punctuation. When answering, provide your basis or references for
your given answer. Answers with no references will receive deductions. Print and
submit this worksheet to the instructor.
1. What is Intellectual Property Rights? What is Copyright?
Intellectual property rights (IPR) are the legal rights that inventors or owners
have to their creations or innovations to safeguard originality for a specified length of
time. These rights include copyright, trademarks, patents, and trade secrets. They
preserve the creators' rights to their works and prevent others from utilizing them
without permission. On the other hand, copyright is a type of intellectual property that
protects original works of authorship as soon as the author puts the work into a
tangible form of representation. There are numerous sorts of works protected by
copyright law, including paintings, pictures, graphics, musical compositions, sound
recordings, computer programs, novels, poems, blog posts, movies, architectural
works, plays, and much more.
Reference: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Copyright.gov | U.S.
Copyright Office
2. What is Plagiarism? What is Appropriation?
Plagiarism is defined as using another person's work without giving proper
credit. Plagiarism in academic writing occurs when you use words, ideas, or
information from another source without properly citing them. It is when someone
uses another person's words, ideas, or works without giving them due credit. It can
have major repercussions and is a type of academic dishonesty. Meanwhile,
appropriation is the act of stealing something for personal use, usually without the
owner's permission. In the realm of art, appropriation is the practice of artists
incorporating pre-existing objects or images into their own work with little or no
alteration.
Reference: Oxford Languages, Scribbr
3. What is Industrial Design? Is this the same as Copyright?
Through the creation of creative goods, services, experiences, and systems, industrial
design is a strategic approach to problem-solving that fosters innovation, increases
corporate success, and improves people's quality of life. The divide between what is
and what is possible is filled by industrial design. It's a transdisciplinary field that uses
creativity to solve issues and jointly develop solutions to improve a system, product,
service, experience, or enterprise. Fundamentally, industrial design reframes
challenges as opportunities, offering a more positive perspective on the future. To
deliver new value and a competitive edge across the economic, social, and
environmental domains, it connects innovation, technology, research, business, and
customers. Industrial design is different from copyright, the former protects the visual
presentation of products while the latter protects the expression of ideas, not the ideas
themselves.
Reference: (WDO) WORLD DESIGN ORGANIZATION
4. What is Copyright Infringement? Is it the same as plagiarism?
The use or creation of content protected by a copyright without the owner's
consent is known as copyright infringement. When a third party violates the rights
granted to the copyright holder, such as the exclusive use of a work for a
predetermined amount of time, it is known as copyright infringement. Two of the most
well-known types of entertainment that experience severe copyright infringement are
music and movies. Contingent liabilities are sums of money set aside in case of
potential litigation, and they might result from infringement lawsuits. Plagiarism and
copyright infringement are connected but distinct concepts. While copyright
infringement is a legal problem involving the use of protected content without
authorization, plagiarism is an ethical problem involving the use of another person's
work without giving proper credit.
Reference: Investopedia | WILL KENTON
5. What is forgery? Is it the same as plagiarism?
The act of producing, modifying, or replicating items or records is known as
forgery. The most frequently counterfeited items include cash, artwork, diplomas,
documents, and identity This can also involve copying the style, signature, or other
identifying features with the intent to deceive others and make them believe that it is
original. Financial identity theft, insurance fraud, application fraud, check fraud, and
other forms of fraud are frequently accompanied by forgeries. In a less conventional
sense, forgeries can also be technological in nature. Examples of this include
spoofing personal pages on social networking platforms or altering email
conversations. Both plagiarism and forgery are types of fraud. I'm committing art
forgery when I say my creation is someone else's creation. I claim to be the author of
another person's work when I plagiarize. In plagiarism, someone's work is taken in
order to give credit to the incorrect author; in forgery, someone's name is taken in
order to lend value to the incorrect work.
Reference: ScienceDirect | Marko Cabric, in Corporate Security Management, 2015,
PhilPapers | Denis Dutton
6. To what extent is art appropriation a form of forgery?
Forgery and art appropriation are two different ideas, although they can
overlap. Taking or borrowing components from another artist's work and incorporating
them into one's own creation, frequently with some modification or reinterpretation, is
known as art appropriation. This may give rise to concerns over cultural appropriation,
ownership, and uniqueness. On the other hand, it may be considered a forgery if it
entails making a duplicate of an already-existing piece of art with the intention of
misleading others about its legitimacy. Art appropriation is not always the same as
counterfeit, even if it can occasionally be contentious and give rise to ethical
concerns. The main contrast is that art appreciation involves not creating phony works
but rather valuing and comprehending those that already exist.
Reference: Quora
