copyright licensing music photography
Licensing an image and artwork
<p>A musician asked me to create his latest album cover off one of my photographs.</p>

<p>He's not famous and will only publish his work on a few music websites, so he will use the artwork as a digital file only. I want to grant him the sole rights to do this. In other words he would become the only owner of the photograph and the album artwork created.</p>

<p>If, one day, his album would be physically published, ie. as a vinyl, or if he would want to sell products derived from it, we would then discuss a separate license and fee.</p>

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<li>Do I need separate licenses, 1 for the photograph and 1 for the artwork?</li>
<li>What license type would be acceptable for such a use case?</li>
</ul>

<p>Let me know if anything needs to be clarified.</p>

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  <ul>
  <li>Do I need separate licenses, 1 for the photograph and 1 for the artwork?</li>
  </ul>
</blockquote>

<p>You don’t “need” 2 licences but given that you haven’t agreed the terms of physical publication it might be more practical.</p>

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  <ul>
  <li>What license type would be acceptable for such a use case?</li>
  </ul>
</blockquote>

<p>One that sets out the rights and obligations of each party in sufficient detail that disputes are unlikely. On that point, a dispute resolution clause might also be a good idea.</p>
