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Keep Your Copyright: Licensing and Negotiation 101
Event | 9th February 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm
Calling all illustrators! Join us for a FREE event to learn how to licence your work, protect your copyright and negotiate with confidence.
Keep Your Copyright – Agent Focus with Ciara Phelan
News | 18th January 2022
We spoke to Grand Matter Co-founder & Creative Director, Ciara Phelan, to get her views on the importance of copyright and protecting licensing based industries.
Keep Your Copyright – Illustrator Focus with Sneha Shanker
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AOI Member Sneha Shanker shares her views on copyright and what it means for herself and Illustrators alike.
Keep Your Copyright – Agent Focus with Harry Lyon-Smith
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We reach out to Director of IllustrationX, Harry Lyon-Smith to chat about our ‘Keep your Copyright’ Campaign.
Keep Your Copyright – Commissioner Focus with Daniel Moorey
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We catch up with Advertising Commissioner and AOI board member, Daniel Moorey to discuss his thoughts on copyright and licensing.
Selling websites offering artworks in copyright
News | 10th November 2023
We are aware that a number of websites exist that purport to sell artworks, including illustration, for prints. Here we note how illustrators could respond if they see their work available from the site.
AOI 50th Anniversary – Got your back! Campaigning
News | 21st September 2023
In this piece we’re celebrating the AOI’s 50th Anniversary, and what the organisation has done to improve working conditions for members (and all illustrators) from our beginnings in 1973.
The importance of copyright when you are commissioning
Resources | Copyright
If commissioning illustration, it is important that the illustrator you are working with retains their copyright. This resource explains why.
Copyright Assignment
Resources | Copyright
What do you do if a client asks you to assign your copyright? This resource explains the steps to take.
What is an assignment of your copyright? And what should you do if a client asks you to assign your copyright in the artwork they have commissioned from you? This resource covers what you need to know about assignments.
Copyright Infringement
Resources | Copyright
This resource looks at UK copyright infringement and what you can do if your work has been infringed.
This resource covers copyright infringement, what it is, exceptions to copyright and the steps to take if your artwork has been infringed.
Championing Copyright – Inside the British Copyright Council
News | 24th July 2018
Lis Ribbans has recently taken the helm as Director of Policy and Public Affairs at the ‘invaluable’ British Copyright Council (BCC), of which AOI is a member – and we talk to her about her role, what the BCC has on its plate and how the AOI can play its part.
Pay The Creator
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Pay the Creator campaign
News | 25th March 2022
Pay the Creator is a Creators’ Rights Alliance campaign highlighting the disparity between creators and other sector workers in the areas of pay, business support and policy making.
Helpdesk Contract Review Service
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The AOI members’ confidential contract review service How the advisory service operates This service is for contracts that have been supplied to members by their clients prior to signing the […]
The Spectator Illustration Competition
News | 15th October 2024
Looking for fresh, funny, and original work that provoke laugh-out-loud reactions. Deadline on Monday 21 October.
Not a Hobby
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AOI 50th Anniversary – I was there!
News | 21st September 2023
The AOI’s history is a long and rich one, with countless volunteers supporting what was initially very limited staff numbers. We asked a few of those who really helped the AOI along the way for their thoughts on the organisation and their input.
How to start as an illustrator: 6 Tips and Insights
News | 6th June 2022
A career in illustration doesn’t just involve drawing and creating nice things, it means being a business. This comprehensive article aims to demystify the business side of illustration and help support graduates and new illustrators who are starting out.