copyrights

QUOTE (Marcar @ Mar 31 2011, 02:18 AM)
I have just graduated as a cartographer, and I have been offered a job of producing a map for an organisation (at my home).
Can I accept the job although I do not have registered business?
Who is to obtain copyright approvals – me or them?

Whether or not you can accept the job on personal title or as a business depends on your local business and tax laws. Check into that first. You also want to make sure you have officially licensed versions of the software you’re going to use.

What do you mean by obtaining copyright approvals? Copyright on the finished product? That would initially be yours, as you’ve created it, but it can be transferred to your client. That’s something you need to negotiate with them.

I’d suggest you check with the Chamber of Commerce, or whatever the Australian version is called. They should be able to give you plenty of information.

Hope this helps. For additional information, I recently wrote an article on this together with Derek Tonn. Gretchen Peterson also wrote about that subject for Gisuser.com