CTL Designs
Member
Hi all!
I’ve recently started my own signage and graphics company which also has a design studio. We have been running for around 4 month and we are very busy which is great.
I would like to see if anyone could provide any advise regarding copyright on supplied artwork? We have a lot of customers contacting us with there own branding in place already and are able to supply us with there logo files.
However there is a little bit of confusion when we ask them if they own the copyright for the design/logo branding, they automatically presume they do as they have paid for it to be designed.
It’s becoming a little tiresome as explaining to every customer who wants us to do work with there already designed branding about copyright takes far too long and isn’t cost effective. I’ve even had customer ask me to contact the original art worker to see about permission! Which I just don’t have the time to do for ever customer.
My question is, do any of you have anything in place which covers you as a company for supplied artwork from customers that think they own the rights to there branding? Sort of a disclaimer stating we will not be held responsible if the client doesn’t have copyright ownership after all.
Any advise would be appreciated.
Thank you
Chris
TSP Lincolnshire
CTL Designs
I’ve recently started my own signage and graphics company which also has a design studio. We have been running for around 4 month and we are very busy which is great.
I would like to see if anyone could provide any advise regarding copyright on supplied artwork? We have a lot of customers contacting us with there own branding in place already and are able to supply us with there logo files.
However there is a little bit of confusion when we ask them if they own the copyright for the design/logo branding, they automatically presume they do as they have paid for it to be designed.
It’s becoming a little tiresome as explaining to every customer who wants us to do work with there already designed branding about copyright takes far too long and isn’t cost effective. I’ve even had customer ask me to contact the original art worker to see about permission! Which I just don’t have the time to do for ever customer.
My question is, do any of you have anything in place which covers you as a company for supplied artwork from customers that think they own the rights to there branding? Sort of a disclaimer stating we will not be held responsible if the client doesn’t have copyright ownership after all.
Any advise would be appreciated.
Thank you
Chris
TSP Lincolnshire
CTL Designs