In 2015, Lee Morin became a featured blogger for The Needy Animator. Here is part 2 in 4 installments concerning copyright law basics for freelance artists.
Copyright for the Freelance Artist Pt 2, by Lee Morin, Esq.
CONTRACT BASICS for the Freelance Artist
THE IMPORTANCE OF EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS: The Case of Jack Kirby and Marvel Comics
Whether you transfer ownership of or merely grant permission to use the exclusive rights to your work depends on the contract agreements in place. Heated debates have arisen where it concerns agreements between freelance artists and publishers that allowed publishers to exploit characters in the comic book industry.
Motion picture adaptations of literary superheroes are an example of derivative works, which provide the film industry with some of the highest earning films of late, grossing more than 15 billion dollars for Marvel, no