Advice needed for selling prints!

[roxyfur.livejournal.com]

Hey guys! I have a question regarding selling prints of artwork I have done, but as commissions.

Is it legal for me to do this? And is this commonly done? Does this look bad on me as an artist? I haven't ever sold prints before, so I really have no idea. I haven't sold the customer the copyright to the image, just charged them for rendering the image like is typically done. Some of my commission pieces I would like to sell as prints at a future con because they turned out really well.

(I would obviously ask the commissioner if it's okay with them, since it's their fursona in the picture.)

Thanks!

Comments

[neolucky.livejournal.com]

This may explain it a little better and clear up your confusion. This explains the difference between freelance (Independent Contractor) and Work For Hire.

http://www.wendel.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=content.contentDetail&ID=9414

They are vastly different.

[enter-data-here.livejournal.com]

Thank you for this link. "That said, a business may still be able to use a work created by a contractor, even if the business does not own the copyright in the work, under the theory that there is an implied license granted from the contractor to the business. "

OT, bu, in the case of my relative in the advice post I made a while ago, I'm glad to see that I've got the same reading comprehension skills as a lawyer, lol.