And before you go trying to get this deleted, Kathy-lu, I commissioned and paid for this art, and I chose to upload it myself.

Very nice, Vae, however I still have full rights to the image. If you two want to play this game, then we can.

You paid for a piece of art full of sketch lines and lacking any color or background?

FurrehPronz said:
You paid for a piece of art full of sketch lines and lacking any color or background?

Hey, it was cheap, I liked the artist, and I wanted to do her a solid. I wasn't expecting this to happen.

kathy-lu said:
Blocked (reason: Abuse of flag for deletion tool.; expires: 2038-01-03)

I think they won.

FurrehPronz said:
You paid for a piece of art full of sketch lines and lacking any color or background?

You never heard/saw people commissioning sketches , have you. It's cheaper.

I commission sketches all the time, because a lot of people just suck ass at coloring.

You know fur doesn't tan, right?

inception.mp3

kathy-lu said:
Very nice, Vae, however I still have full rights to the image. If you two want to play this game, then we can.

If a work is done on commission it becomes the property of the commissioner.

At least, by US law. I don't know what country you all are located in.

Rydian said:
If a work is done on commission it becomes the property of the commissioner.

This specific issue is old and dead, but...

That's not actually how it works. An artwork is only 'work for hire' or whatever the term is if there was an appropriate contract involved -- and that sort of contract is NOT implied automatically; it has to be written and signed or some equivalent (in the USA, anyways). Meaning, businesses/organizations get (give themselves) the rights to art they've commissioned, but individuals actually do not, generally speaking. What the customer is considered to have payed for is the art being made, and being given some copy thereof (potentially the original if physical media) -- not the art itself or any rights to it. 'S kind of messed up, but legally 's more or less how it is.

acct0283476 said:
This specific issue is old and dead, but...

That's not actually how it works. An artwork is only 'work for hire' or whatever the term is if there was an appropriate contract involved -- and that sort of contract is NOT implied automatically; it has to be written and signed or some equivalent (in the USA, anyways). Meaning, businesses/organizations get (give themselves) the rights to art they've commissioned, but individuals actually do not, generally speaking. What the customer is considered to have payed for is the art being made, and being given some copy thereof (potentially the original if physical media) -- not the art itself or any rights to it. 'S kind of messed up, but legally 's more or less how it is.

Really late, but thanks for the info. I thought it was implied upon creation.