hello all. i post a job at freelancer for some Graphic design for business use, i have some question about the copy right. 1. should the Designer Provide us copy right of the design source? 2. if the designer copy someone's Graphic and without telling us, are we going to face the copy right issue if we using it? thank you all for your help
1) I'm not sure what you mean here. Do you mean should you hold the copyright of the work after completed? That depends on how the contract is written. Often times you owning the copyright at the end cost a little more money. Do you mean should he provide proof that he has the right to use those images? Then yes, you should request that. However, if the designer makes up the images on the fly, there may not be specific eveidence that he created it (other than showing work product, such as multi-layered photoshop documents that show the work in progress). What "proof" he could offer here would only be as good as your understanding of how it was made in the first place. 2) Yes, you wouuld be liable. However, if you were sued you would have the right to file a suit to reclaim any losses from the designer (assuming he had the $$$).