Thanks, for your advice. I agree that it does seem unethical to charge an additional cost on a logo design for assigning copyright as the client has paid you already to create a brand for them to use.
There seems to be an awful lot of grey area on the subject of copyright in relation to graphic design. It is good to hear what other professionals think.
In this particular case an illustrator was comissioned to do a caricature for part of the logo. Am I right in thinking that I need to get him to sign over copyright of this also before the client can truly own copyright of the logo as a whole?
Also a whole range of branding for the stationery and signage has been developed, should there be a charge for signing over copyright for this if they want the whole lot. As this is getting into doing a brand specification, so as to specify what exactly is signed over....
I was thinking of saying that there will be no charge for assigning copyright only a charge for setting up the necessary paperwork and if required a brand specification.
What do you think?......Any comments...???
In 3 1/2 years of trading I have only had two clients ever ask to own the copyright. Is there a standard form or guide to setting up paperwork for this?
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