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What is the name of your state? AR
I've hired an artist to draw some pictures for my business. I know that in "work for hire" the copyright automatically belongs to the employer, but someone said I should still write up a contract for the artist to sign. Is it really necessary?
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Originally posted by gamma
What is the name of your state? AR
I've hired an artist to draw some pictures for my business. I know that in "work for hire" the copyright automatically belongs to the employer, but someone said I should still write up a contract for the artist to sign. Is it really necessary?
Thanks **A: is the artist a full fledged employee of your company or actually an IC?
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The artist is not a full-time employee. I hired him through an outsourcing web site.
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"The artist is not a full-time employee"
Then any work he does is not "work for hire" from a copyright standpiont and the artist will own the copyrights to anything he creates, even though you are paying him. You will need a contract to make sure that the copyrights in the work you pay for gets transferred to you.
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Thanks. Boy, I'm glad I came here!