Good morning all,

So I run a shirt business and recently an artist told me he wants to give me a piece of art (for free), to use on a shirt. I don’t know what kind of paperwork I need to do in order to legally make sure everything is good. I don’t want them to give me the full assignment of copyright for the art, I just want to have the ability to sell the work without any shenanigans, should they change their mind. Thank you for any advice fr

  • BizWhizPro@alien.topBEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Usage rights signed by him. I’m not a lawyer but I do believe that needs to be very specific about dates , periods, and any specifications about payments.

  • CapeMOGuy@alien.topBEnglish
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    2 years ago

    In addition to what u/BizWhizPro said, artist may want his name on the art. Be prepared for your answer to that.

  • MarcatBeach@alien.topBEnglish
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    2 years ago

    You need rights not to just reproduce the art on t-shirts, but to be able to publish the art in digital form for marketing, and not just for you but any affiliates who market your products or buy them. Since this a commercial use of a copyright I would pay an attorney to write up a release. My wife’s employer had to pay off 2 photographers because they fell for a trap about copyright usage. and the photographers intentionally set the trap, several businesses had to pay. It is something you have to settle because because court you will lose big.