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If I hire someone to paint a portrait, and pay him it's mine isn't it? $5 or $5 million, that was the price agreed. Why is the tattoo any different?
by onetimemanytime 8y ago
If I hire someone to paint a portrait, and pay him it's mine isn't it? $5 or $5 million, that was the price agreed.
Why is the tattoo any different?
- Joeri 8y agoNo, that’s not typically the case. Mostly copyright remains with the artist that made the painting. https://www.thoughtco.com/who-owns-copyright-of-a-painting-2578104 https://www.thoughtco.com/who-owns-copyright-of-a-painting-2... The reality of copyright law is that strictly applied pretty much everyone breaks it. Some infractions are worth enforcing, most are not.
- Johnny555 8y agoI think that only applies to a "work for hire", which means it was done under regular employment for a company so the company owns it. If you commission a single work from an artist, then he retains the copyright (unless your contract says otherwise). So before you spend that $5 million commissioning a painting, have your lawyer look over the contract... likewise, before you get that $50 tattooed bunny on your ankle, read the paperwork, if the artist hasn't signed over the copyright to you, then he owns it.