Licensing reproductions
3 Right to grant a license
- Is the artist the first owner of the copyright when the work was created? Note: Most licensees will want the assurance that the work is original (meaning not knowingly copied from someone else's work) and that the artist owns the copyright and therefore has the right to grant the licence. If an artist created the work in the course of their employment, the employer will own the copyright. For commissioned work created after August 1989, the artist not the commissioner owns the copyright.
- Has the artist already transferred the rights to someone else? Note: If the artist (copyright owner) has already sold or granted an exclusive licence to reproduce the work, they may be prevented from granting a later licence for the same work.
