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How do I keep my copyright when illustrating a children's book? Ask Kiff
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- Entrepreneurship
Congrats! You've been approached to illustrate a book.
But now you start to worry about copyrights. Will you own the copyright in your illustrations? How do you keep them? How might you lose them?
The short answer is the copyrights are yours! Unless one of three things happen:
1️⃣ you work as an employee and illustration is part of your job
2️⃣ your illustration contract contains a work-for-hire clause
3️⃣ your illustration contract contains an assignment clause
Head here to read the full post, watch the video, and learn more about my copyright registration course: https://theartistsjd.com/book-illustration-copyright/
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Congrats! You've been approached to illustrate a book.
But now you start to worry about copyrights. Will you own the copyright in your illustrations? How do you keep them? How might you lose them?
The short answer is the copyrights are yours! Unless one of three things happen:
1️⃣ you work as an employee and illustration is part of your job
2️⃣ your illustration contract contains a work-for-hire clause
3️⃣ your illustration contract contains an assignment clause
Head here to read the full post, watch the video, and learn more about my copyright registration course: https://theartistsjd.com/book-illustration-copyright/
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What's Ask Kiff? Each week, Kiffanie adds ease to the legalese of running your creative business by answering one question submitted by creative business owners just like you! Have a question you want to submit? Leave it here: [http://theartistsjd.com/ask-kiff/] (http://theartistsjd.com/ask-kiff/)
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