[thelist] re-purposing website graphics

[Palyne Gaenir]

Work you get paid for is work for hire and the person/firm paying 
owns it.  See the official paperwork of the US Copyright office about 
this which is very clear. In general the first-meaning of copyright 
reflects who created something not who owns it, and artists would 
retain copyright but that doesn't necessarily mean ownership in some 
cases; work for hire is legally the property of the payer. BUT in the 
case of artist RE-USE of a given thing for a DIFFERENT purpose like 
the newsletter -- ownership does not necessarily breed the right re-
use without royalty -- the client would need your permission to do 
that. However the client could, for example, make a new website 
without you, using your images, without addtl pay. -- Palyne


On 1 Aug 2000, at 12:01, Bob Haroche wrote:

> if you don't have a license agreement, then you sold them... so
> they own them

Actually, in the US it's the other way around.  Absent an agreement 
to the
contrary, the artist retains the copyright to her work.