Transferring rights for artwork (when hiring an artist)
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 2:02 pm
Hi all,
I have hired a paid artist for my game (and also 2+ other volunteers who want to do some artwork for free).
Now I'm going to have to write up a legal document and have him print it out and sign it, so I'm looking for suggestions on what the document should say. I of course want full ownership rights over the artwork...
Here's what I had in mind, something along the lines of:
Any suggestions for improvement?
I have hired a paid artist for my game (and also 2+ other volunteers who want to do some artwork for free).
Now I'm going to have to write up a legal document and have him print it out and sign it, so I'm looking for suggestions on what the document should say. I of course want full ownership rights over the artwork...
Here's what I had in mind, something along the lines of:
* I used "giving" rather than "selling, for the amount of [AMOUNT IN WORDS AND NUMERICALLY] dollars" to potentially make things simpler-- I imagine if there was a situation where I had to prove that I sent the payment and if for some reason there wasn't a paper trail on it (though my bank would likely have a record of the check being sent and cashed), things could be tricky. But I'm probably just worrying too much about it in reality.I, [ARTIST's FIRST AND LAST NAME], am hereby transferring full ownership of the enclosed images, their intellectual properties, and their likenesses to Joshua Forde. The enclosed images are hereby the property of Joshua Forde. I understand and agree that I am giving* all rights to Joshua Forde for any usage, distribution, modification, alteration, and sale of the below images, their intellectual properties, and their likenesses.
[IMAGES ARE PRINTED HERE ON THE SAME PAGE]
[ARTIST SIGNS NAME]
Any suggestions for improvement?