[MUD-Dev] Artists and Copyrights

[Paolo Piselli]

derek at elysianonline.com wrote:

> How do the commercial games out there handle contract artists and
> musicians?

As a professional game artist, I can tell you that most original
work done for video games is considered "work for hire" and the
company retains full ownership of all works.  Personal use of work
done for a game (i.e. for a portfolio) has to be approved by whoever
owns the rights to it.  Companies usually approve showing content
from a published or cancelled game in a demo reel, so long as the
artist asks permission. They will probably want to keep the wraps on
art for a game that is still under development or has been
postponed.  It can also get tricky when the company has licensed
someone else's IP.

> We're discussing sharing the rights to the music with him.  I'm
> interested in knowing if something like this has been done before
> with any of the commercial games.

Hey if its your IP you can license it any way you want.

- Paolo

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