21st April 2011, 10:18 AM
Quote:[SIZE=3]I think copyright is important for the definition of an ?archaeologist?.
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No it isn't - copyright has no place in how I define myself as an illustrator, copyright is merely a tool I employ to protect my rights of ownership to the artwork I create (as a freelance illustrator) and to ensure the work I licence to others is not mis-used or mis-represented.
And I'm pretty you'd get the same response from other artists, musicians, playrights, directors and authors.
Quote:copyrights of the diggers automatically passed to the ?employer?
No it didn't - it is a 'right' they never had in the first place by the very nature of their employment
Quote:contracts should specifically say that the digger will not retain any copyright produced in the course of the employment.
Employee contracts, which cover terms and conditions, may not necessary be the best place to draw attention to the fact that under current UK legislation, all copyright, in the first instance resides with the employer. As you have worded it above, it implies that diggers would be required to surrender copyright they have produced. You do not produce copyright, copyright is acquired through the act of creation of unique pieces of work by a creator (artist/author etc). In archaeology, this will normally be the unit/organisation you work for.
For example - at the moment I work full-time as an illusrator for a unit. They acquire the copyright to all the artwork I produce the instant it is created. However, when I am contracted on a free-lance basis to produce similar artwork - I instantly acquire copyright and physical ownership of the works before the ink has dried of the CPU has cooled down. Unless I have agreed, in writting, to transfer such ownership/copyright to the client.
Quote:By missing out the copyright they can get to talk about
What are you hinting at - that there is some dark ,shady, conspiracy (probably made up of charitably, pension-wielding, public sector, employing-more-than-one employers) actively seeking to rob you of your non-existant rights?
Quote:Whats professional commercial copyright got to do with it?
What? As opposed to amateur commercial copyright?
Quote:You are missing my points.
Thta's a bit rich coming from you!
ShadowJack