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My apologies for no Friday Feature Artist this week. Deadlines have once again limited the blogging…which is probably a good thing given that my car has packed it in and is costing a fortune to fix!
Anyway, copyright has been in the news this week in Australia as one of our top cartoonists received a ‘cease […]

I encountered a copyright issue today that has been a problem for me every so often. It has to do with ’standard’ contracts that many large corporations use.
What has happened is that a client approached me to do some work. I outlined the conditions for what I thought was a suitable contract, which included me […]

Whatever you do, don’t sell your work!
Well, you can if you want to, but I’ve found I can make significantly more money by selling a license to use my work instead of the work itself.
Selling your work outright usually means giving away your copyright. That’s always a dangerous move because it means you, as the […]

Cartoonists and illustrators around the world are watching what happens with the bill before the US government at the moment regarding ‘orphan works’. Basically it states any body can publish a work without the author/artists permission - all they need to do is demonstrate that they made an unsuccessful, reasonable attempt at locating the owner. The definition […]

Copyright must surely be one of the most misunderstood areas of the cartooning business. It’s hard for an artist to understand what his or her rights are, and even harder for clients to get their heads around it.
In my experience, copyright has caused more arguments than anything else. So it is fortunate that people like […]