From a Legal Point of View...

Does an image really belong to you?

From a legal standpoint, the edited image does belong to me so long as I own the copyright to the image (IPSOS, 2023). When I own the copyright to the image, I can control the use and commercial exploitation of my own work (IPSOS, 2023). That also means I can prevent other people from reproducing, publishing, performing, communicating to the wider public or letting others adapting my work (IPSOS, 2023).

From an ethical standpoint, the edited image does not belong to me because I used an image of a cupboard cut-up of a famous person and the image of my sister’s pet. I am using both the images of Bernie Sanders and my sister’s dog to send a message through the edited image.

From a creative standpoint, the edited image certainly does belong to me because I am using other images and editing tools to create a whole new image. The new edited image is meant to convey a message about how Bernie’s brand of socialism is scary to capitalists and how it is being distorted by capitalists to call it communism. The dog wearing a communist beret was meant to portray how a cute little dog supports Bernie’s brand of socialism.

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