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Here's an interesting article by caricaturist Tom Richmond that discusses Right of Publicity, a relatively new area of law that affects anyone who might use the likeness of a celebrity in their work. He's not a lawyer, but he is a working professional who goes out of his way to research this stuff. Good reading.

Right of Publicity

I am surprised this hasn't been mentioned in this community. How do you as graphic designers feel about this?


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So I'm a total noob to the freelance graphic design world.  I just made a logo for someone and he asked me:
"How much concern should we place on protecting our property rights associated with this image?"
and I have no idea.  Once something is made, do you need to do something official?  Copyright? 
Can I just put a copyright symbol or TM on the ( Read more... )

Hello all :)

I'm wondering if anyone has had experience working with licensed characters before?
Or perhaps, worked in a company that deals with licensed characters ( Read more... )

Im working on a website for a new client.

i found a graphic design agreement  after the horrible problems of the guy who sent me checks that bounced.  So i used it on my second client who never had a problem.  Now I have a 3rd  client she phones me yesterday tells me she has no problem with the agreement EXCEPT

10.6 RIght to Assign.

Customer has no ( Read more... )

1. i'm looking at RGD ontario's proposal forms and they don't say anything about covering my ass when the client makes me go above and beyond. do you guys have overtime/extra services clauses? what do they say? what is your timeframe for revisions?

i was thinking of saying something like The quote provided is an estimate calculated using the above ( Read more... )

Hola Graphic Design Community,

I've searched through the portfolio tags and this wasn't covered.

I've started a design company, Unicorn Press. YAY! For now I have a bare bones homepage (http://www.unicornpress.net), which makes potential clients very curious about my work. EDIT: The site ( Read more... )

i'm doing this project at school. were were asked the consequences of the following:

what if you stole a set of navigational icons from website in the UK, and used them in your website made in Canada? what could happen if you were found out?

i've been looking at the Berne Convention and it ensures that the UK is protected by the minimum ( Read more... )

I have an issue I wanted to throw out there because I'm not sure the best way of dealing with it ( Read more... )