Intellectual property is the artist´s right to protect their original work while a copyright is established when an original work is created tangibly (not just conceptually).

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However, unregistered work can often be hard to prove as an artist´s own, which is why it is important to keep digital or physical records.​

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If there´s ever a need to take a case to court,  the artist must think about how well he or she can demonstrate to be the creator of the artwork in question.