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clavus · 05-23-2005, 06:41 PM

I regularly submit cartoons to a newspaper. The newspaper publishes (most of) them, and pays me as na independent contractor. But today, they ignored my submission, snagged one off my website and printed it without my permission. As if to piss me off even further, they did not include my copyright information. (I own the copyright).

Tomorrow, I'm going to attempt to have a conversation with my editor about this. My question is this - what are the potential consequences for a newspaper that prints a cartoon without the artist's permission? I would like him to know the potential ramifications of his actions.

I am eighteen different kinds of pissed off. I have some cartoons that I don't want the paper to publish. Some I am trying to get published elsewhere. Some I want to redo before they get published. BAH!

05-23-2005, 06:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
clavus pow! Location: NorCal	Consequences of publishing art w/o artist's permission? I regularly submit cartoons to a newspaper. The newspaper publishes (most of) them, and pays me as na independent contractor. But today, they ignored my submission, snagged one off my website and printed it without my permission. As if to piss me off even further, they did not include my copyright information. (I own the copyright). Tomorrow, I'm going to attempt to have a conversation with my editor about this. My question is this - what are the potential consequences for a newspaper that prints a cartoon without the artist's permission? I would like him to know the potential ramifications of his actions. I am eighteen different kinds of pissed off. I have some cartoons that I don't want the paper to publish. Some I am trying to get published elsewhere. Some I want to redo before they get published. BAH! __________________ Ass, gas or grass. Nobody rides for free.