The sharp clause of copyright
Article Abstract:
Freelance designers, photographers and illustrators often do not get copyright benefits due to a discriminating clause in the 1976 U.S. Copyright Act that limits protections for works for hire. The clause says that if work is created as an employee or as an independent contractor belonging to any one of the nine categories mentioned in the Act, then the artist has no copyright protection. Designers are in a sensitive position, and they could lose their reputation if they fight for it. If they do not fight, they lose their ownership rights.
Publication Name: I.D.
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0894-5373
Year: 1995
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The only way is up
Article Abstract:
Swiss designer Hans-Rudolf Lutz has collected over 15,000 pictograms from packages and boxes and selected 5,000 of them to display in a book called 'Today's Hieroglyphics.' The pictograms featured have been made by people who are doing an unofficial job with no specific design training, yet they are astonishingly clear and convey precise information, sensuality and surprise despite the most extreme reduction to essentials.
Publication Name: I.D.
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0894-5373
Year: 1997
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