Re: artwork for a winery

On Tue, 08 Jun 1999, Randi Millman-Brown <millman[_at_]ithaca.edu> wrote:
>
> I was hoping you could give me some advice - I do not subscribe to
> this list but to VRA-L, however perhaps the people here could offer
> some help!
>
> We know an artist who has been commissioned to create a painting for
> a winery. The winery is paying him a very nice fee for this work.
> The question is does the winery then have the right to reproduce the
> work on t-shirts, wine glasses, aprons, etc., without further
> compensation to the artist? I am assuming it does, however, the
> artist is demanding additional compensation and it is getting almost
> to the point of nasty
>
> How on earth does the winery figure out future compensation for the
> rights to use the image? Didn't they pay for it? Hope this makes
> sense -- the more we try to hash it out -- the more questions we get,
> not answers. Any thoughts?

I hate to bring you yet more questions, but I have to ask: Was there a contract between the winery and the artist. I imagine that would need to be examined before an attorney could provide any useful assistance.

Michael R. Juhre
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<michael.juhre[_at_]aig.com> Received on Wed Jun 09 1999 - 13:40:06 GMT