Hello,
I am a graphic artist. I was in a contract situation with a company. I used my own tools set my own hours. I was not on the payroll and invoiced my hours of work. No tax was taken from the money paid me.
I was involved with doing some books for the company. I was not the author of the books, I did the artwork and design for the series of books and came up with the concept for the front covers and inside pages.
My question is. Do I have intellectual rights to this material or hold a copyright over the design of the series.
Asked 10 months ago in Hamilton, Ontario
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Patents, Trademarks, Copyright
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 Quebec lawyer
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From your brief description, you appear to have rights over your the artwork you created but you do not indicate what contract you have and if you have been paid. I presume that you were paid and that there were certain rights negotiated for the use of this artwork. Therefore, I do not understand what other right you wish to assert, i.e. additional payments, moral rights, etc.
Thanks
Posted 10 months ago
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Comment from Hamilton, Ontario
The contract was more or less open. I did work. I billed the company and they paid me. I have been paid for the work I did, but there was no rights negotiated for the use of the artwork, I was just paid for the design and layout of the books. I would like to know if I can get additional payments to release my rights to the artwork.
Thank You
Posted 10 months ago
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