nikos
04-21-2005, 05:14 PM
After working as a graphic designer for several years, I have decided to start freelancing, and I´m building a website with some of my work. The main question is the following: Have I got the legal right to place my designs in my portfolio? Could I have copyright issue problems with the companies I´ve worked for or with the clients that the designs were created for?
Thanks!
niko (madrid).
Keyare
04-21-2005, 05:23 PM
1) If the designs were created while you worked at another company, the designs and all materials used to create those designs, comps, proofs, etc are property of that company. You would have to ask both the company and the clients for permission to use those in an online portfolio.
2) In a personal, printed, portfolio however, you can present them in person as long as it is clear that you created those designs while employed at said company, you should also have any other persons name who worked with you on them as well.
In both cases you do not have the legal right do do so without permission from the company, but in the second case, Just to be truthful, we all do it anyway. It's impossible to build a portfolio without snagging some samples from work.