As a product designer who occasionally does contract work for larger companies, I fail to see what the big deal is. My work is often used by my clients to infor

As a product designer who occasionally does contract work for larger companies, I fail to see what the big deal is. My work is often used by my clients to inform a bigger, more expensive design that they build internally or outsource elsewhere. They hired me, they own the work, therefore they can do what they would like with it.