Question Regarding Album Artwork

[teahound.livejournal.com]

So I'm in a position right now where I rather desperately need commissions, and accepted one from a commissioner who wanted a transparent background. I said that was ok, and we sorted out details of the commission.

Turns out it might be used for album art - is this something I should have charged extra for? Their userpage lists them as 14 so I'm not entirely concerned that I'll lose out on money if I should have charged more, but I figured I'd ask in case this came up in the future.

Thanks in advance!

Comments

[shukivengeance.livejournal.com]

You own the copyright to the image and cannot enter a contract with a minor, so simply inform them that they don't have permission to use the image commercially or as anything representative etc.

[teahound.livejournal.com]

*nodnod* The age was indeed my biggest concern. as I said to Xaila above, would a good compromise be to say that while he can use it for non-commercial album art like for FA submissions, using it commercially is out of the question because of the legal problems?

[shukivengeance.livejournal.com]

Uploading to FA would count as personal use so yeah, this sounds reasonable. Since they're young you may have to explain the difference between personal and commercial, hopefully they'll be happy enough with that compromise.