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Due to events with a former client, I have found it necessary to add
this additional section to my web site to inform potential clients
of Copyright regulations.
It is a recognized aspect, that professionals
who work in the Arts/Design fields copyright their work. Musicians
copyright their songs, painters
copyright their paintings, movie studios copyright the movies that
they produce, architects hold the copyrights to their designs, etc.
This is done to protect the professionals and the pubic both, the professionals
from having their name and credibility damaged (as well as financial
losses) and the public from receiving goods that are substandard.
Also, for professionals who work in the Arts/Design fields our "portfolio" of
work is our method of advertising, hence, the importance of our ability
to control how our work is being used. If a client wishes to "own" the
copyright to work that has been "authored" by the artist/designer,
then pricing of the work is substantially different.
In the photography industry, it is industry standard, that when a client
wishes to purchase the "copyright" that the author of the
work is compensated for lost marketing potential by not being able
to include the work in their "portfolio".
I will be providing a copyright disclosure that I will require all
clients to read and sign, to insure that there is no confusion on the
services that are being provided.
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