Adding Beauty to the World We Live

The majority of people may enjoy wealth made from their creative work. So our legislators  have drafted and passed a series of law for the protection of intellectual property . However, under the copyright ordinance, we cannot be sure if a piece of work is allowed to be copied, shared, distributed, reproduced or modified without a thorough prior art search and a complete knowledge about the detail of license even though we are willing to pay for the use of it. For the peace of mind, creat everything from the very beginning. Then some people stood up and vowed that this "permission culture" was not the thing they want but that they valued the joy of sharing and recognition of their idea more than money.  Thus a number of free license like creative common, copyleft, wiki-common or GPL were created to get around the restriction of copyright which is granted to the creator automatically as a natural right by most of the legal systems in our world. To the astonishment of a lot of ordinary people, in just a few years, more and more authors have joined the camp of "free culture" and released their work under various kinds of free license.  They contribute their effort in building a more beautiful world. 

However, do not confuss piracy with free culture.  Advocates of free culture only share with others their own creation but not pirated property from others. Actually, they respect the right of the author of all intellectual property. Whether or not to release their work under free license remain their own choice. 

This point is important when using our hyper-links to these 3rd party web site providing free resources to artists all over the world.  We respect the will and the right of the author of all intellectual properties. When we provide the information and hyper-link of these web-sites, we believe that their activities and content are lawful and ethical. Hence, before you visit those webs, please read our disclaimer once again. If you find any abuse or obsession, please email to "abuse@um-gallery.net"