[thelist] re-purposing website graphics
Palyne Gaenir
palyne at sciencehorizon.com
Wed Aug 2 08:47:18 CDT 2000
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.
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