atw: Re: selling a team logo copyright

Charge something near the time you spent developing it!
Document the times and there is your price range.
Warren.

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Subject: atw: selling a team logo copyright


Anybody have any experience with selling the copyright for logos that you
have created?  

It has not been an issue before, as I have created the team logos (as well
as graphics) while on contract as the Technical Writer / consultant, so
everything I did automatically became the property of the company to whom I
was contracted at the time.  

I drafted the basis outline for this team logo when I was still on contract
to the company and they did nothing with it at the time. Now they've
contacted me and asked me to submit some additional variations on the logo
and want to know what I want for the additional time and the copyright on
the one that they choose to use.  Calculating time is no problem, but I have
absolutely no idea what the going price is for a custom designed team logo.

BTW: This is not an overall "company/corporate" logo - which would be a much
bigger deal.  This particular corporation has  "teams" that are dedicated to
various internal and external projects, which have project names, and
identity through individual logos.  Team identify is used in e-mail,
advertising to "customers" and on T-shirts. I have already created another
team logo for a different team, while still on contract to this same
company. As such, my time was paid, but copyright ownership automatically
belonged to the company.
 
Side bar: While I don't plan on working for free, I also want to remain in
the good graces of this company. 
Mary

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