Legal Issues in Design

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The best example I can think of when I think of legal issues and design is the artist Pogo. His remixes are known all throughout the Youtube world, and his songs can easily be purchased on his website http://www.pogomix.net/about-me/. Well, not necessarily purchased more, just downloading. With Pogo’s music, it’s free, or used to be free. Now he has a “Name Your Price”. But before this young guy was found by the big corporations of Disney and Pixar, his music had to be sold as “free”.

            Nick Bertke and his Youtube alias Pogo’s music is compiled using chords and vocals from the films he remixes. For example, “Alice and Wonderland” you can hear Alice’s voice in the majority of the song. The underlying beat of the song gives it that “I can’t look away from the screen, it’s like crack on Youtube” face that makes you come back and want to show all your friends.

Another issue I see, and only see on the internet, is Tumblr’s famous “reblog” button. A big issue I see with that is artist who post their art work on the website, are not being credited with their work. Once a post is made, anyone can reblog and edit out information from the user before. Then the easy possibility of copy and paste into a completely new post is possible. I’m pretty sure that somewhere down the line I am guilty of of this. And many other people are exactly like me.

 This video helps to explain, in more detail then the other videos I posted, of the legal issues that go into design. It gives the layouts of a contract and goes into further details of pantents. 

Sticking with web designing, http://websitetips.com/business/legal/, helps give tips for companies that are making a website. It gives information such as Web design contracts, Web site copyright protection and copyright laws, what to do about copyright infringement, intellectual property laws, trademarks and trademark protection, Internet law, Internet fraud, and Internet law firms, intellectual property lawyers, and related attorneys.

A book can also give information. Yes, they still exist! Books! 

"For designers who are about to set up their own office or for those who feel their design practices lack real organization, this book could be immensely helpful. It provides straightforward information, a usable business system as well as a variety of business and legal forms that can be copied and put into immediate practice in any graphic design studio -- Step-By-Step Graphics"

This book even provides checklists for the company and essential forms for the studio!

http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Business%20and%20Legal%20Forms%20for%20Graphic%20Designers&tag=robinsdesign&index=books&link_code=qs