This time last year, a large, well-regarded company approached me to make a range of ceramics for them. It seemed like an interesting proposition until we got down to contract details and I learned that they wanted the copyright of all the designs that I gave them. This I gathered, would be like signing my business away, once a company had copyright of my designs, they could soon transfer these to all kinds of moneymaking products such as wall paper, stationary, bags and so on, without needing any form of permission from me, the artist. ... Read more