Magicpaintbrush
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Hi, I'm hoping someone can shed some light on this contract I've been sent from a potential client. I've worked as an Illustrator for 4 years and never come across such a draconian contract before.
1 - They are insisting that they want to buy the copyright to any illustrations I do for them, which I am really reluctant to do.
2- there is a clause in the contract stating that if at the end of the contract they want any revisions to the illustrations they must be made within 3 days, but surely the time needed to do this would depend upon how much needed changing?
3 - does the following clause mean that they expect me to hand over the original paintings " Publisher shall be the sole author of the Artwork and any work embodying the Artwork pursuant to the United States Copyright Act, and the sole owner of original materials embodying Contributor’s Work, and/or any works derived from the Artwork. " If it does then I'm not prepared to do that.
4 - apparently I'm only allowed to showcase 3 of the illustrations from this 32 page picture book in my portfolio upon completion of the project which I am very unhappy about, it seems like a very small amount for all of the hard work I will have done, no other client has ever asked this of me.
5 - the following clause sounds unclear to me in terms of what I would be paid if they decide to stop the work at any point "Upon termination by Publisher, Artist shall be entitled to retain all amounts paid through termination as a kill fee," - that isn't clear to me. I would normally say 25% after sketches, 50% after final drawings and 100% upon delivery of final artwork.
Can anybody help please? I don't want to turn this work down as I am out of work currently and struggling. Thank you.
1 - They are insisting that they want to buy the copyright to any illustrations I do for them, which I am really reluctant to do.
2- there is a clause in the contract stating that if at the end of the contract they want any revisions to the illustrations they must be made within 3 days, but surely the time needed to do this would depend upon how much needed changing?
3 - does the following clause mean that they expect me to hand over the original paintings " Publisher shall be the sole author of the Artwork and any work embodying the Artwork pursuant to the United States Copyright Act, and the sole owner of original materials embodying Contributor’s Work, and/or any works derived from the Artwork. " If it does then I'm not prepared to do that.
4 - apparently I'm only allowed to showcase 3 of the illustrations from this 32 page picture book in my portfolio upon completion of the project which I am very unhappy about, it seems like a very small amount for all of the hard work I will have done, no other client has ever asked this of me.
5 - the following clause sounds unclear to me in terms of what I would be paid if they decide to stop the work at any point "Upon termination by Publisher, Artist shall be entitled to retain all amounts paid through termination as a kill fee," - that isn't clear to me. I would normally say 25% after sketches, 50% after final drawings and 100% upon delivery of final artwork.
Can anybody help please? I don't want to turn this work down as I am out of work currently and struggling. Thank you.