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Should You License or Assign Your Art?

In a contract for the production or sale of your artwork, you can do one of two things: license your artwork or assign your work. An assignment is like selling your home -- you usually give up all ownership rights to your art. A license is akin to renting your home -- you temporarily transfer your rights but you retain ownership of the art.

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Ten Tips for Songwriters: Credits, Copyrights, and Coauthors
Songwriters are often ill-equipped to handle the many business and legal issues that arise in their work. Here are ten tips to make your songwriting a success.

Consigning Your Arts and Crafts
Who’s responsible when artwork is damaged? What do you do when a gallery goes belly up?

Getting Permission for Sampling Others' Work
Failure to get permission when you sample an outside source could lead to serious consequences.

Must I pay former band members when I solo-produce a cowritten song?

I was in a band with a friend. We cowrote three songs together and had them copyrighted. Since then, we broke up. I am now going to put our songs on my CD, and she says I will owe her money for the songs when I sell the CDs. Also, she says that I can't modify the songs now. Is that true?

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