Intellectual Property & Copyright

Copyright has become an issue on so many levels now. Who owns it, who can use it, who infringed on it? Our opinion on Copyright is that it has been over used and misused. Copyright is for the protection of a person or companies' intellectual property and should not be abused. Why do we mention this? Because many companies similar to ours will use Copyright as a tool to put leverage on your and extract more fees for work you have already paid for!

At Archiform 3D we aim to be the easiest company to deal with. We may enforce copyright where we are protecting your interests, our own interests or our right to be paid for the job.

Who owns the copyright of the work we produce? We do. Once you have paid your bill you will have the right to use the work as often and as long as you need and at absolutely no extra cost for purposes that don't conflict with out Terms and Conditions. This is an important point as many companies will charge you an additional fee if you want to use the work in certain circumstances. An important point is that some of our work, particularly video productions, may have licensing issues for voice overs and talent that could restrict geographical regions that they are broadcast in - please check before you decide to air productions or TV commercials in areas outside of where they were originally designated as the license for the use of talent and voices may need to be extended. The extension of a license would require additional fees paid to the artist or talent. Archiform 3D deliberately promotes the use of open licenses and prefers to use artists and talent that comply with this, meaning one fee covers everything, but sometimes this is not possible.

If you don't pay us for the work we have done then we do not allow any right to use the work, which we consider as very fair. If you only pay for part of the project then we still don't release the use. If you hold back funds on the last payment then we still wont allow use.

We will not allow any other client to use your artwork unless you specifically ask us to do so or give approval and this must be in writing. Your images will not appear on any project that you haven't allowed them to, at least while within our control.

You can expect that we will display the work we do for you in our gallery of images or within other portfolios for the purpose of displaying our ability and experience. We permanently retain the right to do this.

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Updated November 2005