COM305

Copyright Concerns

Copyright • Creative work is copyrighted when it becomes

published - print or electronic • Copyright belongs to the person or organization

that creates the work • As soon as the creator commits the intellectual

property to a tangible medium it is protected by copyright

• Content: writing • Design: images such as logos, illustrations and

photographs and the unique way those images are assembled in a publication

Media expression includes

• Printed products

• Photos

• Drawings

• CDs

• Website

• Computer software

Intellectual Property

• Licensed not sold – Images

– Software

Fonts

• Customers should pay to use fonts

• “Using a font” does not include sending it to prepress along with other files for a job

• Prepress should pay for their own fonts

• If a job requires a font not already in the printer’s collection, the printer buys the license to use it

Work-for-Hire

• If work is created by an employee as part of the job responsibilities, the organizations owns the copyright

• If the image is created on commission the artist owns the copyright unless the contract between client and artist includes a specific provision “work-for-hire” that transfers ownership to the client