Who owns copyright on commisioned artwork

susanjames · Post by **susanjames** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 7:49 pm

Hi,
I can't find the answer to my question. Apologies if it has been answered elsewhere. I commisioned an original painting and have since found that the artist has put a picture of it on her commercial website and facebook. Ethically this feels wrong to me - it's not a painting I want just anyone to be able to see - but is it wrong legally? Do I have the right to ask her to remove it? I would very much appreciate your reply. Thank you.

Post by **CopyrightAid** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 6:46 pm

Copyright in a commissiond work will belong to the artist that created the work, unless there is an agreement to the contary. So it does sound like this is legal.

susanjames · Post by **susanjames** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 5:58 pm

I feared as much. Thank you very much for taking the time to reply