Design Line License For Free

When you license your artwork, you retain legal ownership of the work. This means that you keep your copyright or design patent, while someone else makes and sells the item (for example, duplicating your imagery on merchandise).

There are six different Creative Commons licenses: CC BY, CC BY-SA, CC BY-NC, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC-SA, CC BY-NC-ND. The letter pairs indicate conditions for use.

How to begin licensing your art Do the research. Read books, websites and blogs such as MariaBrophy.com, Theabundantartist.com and ArtsyShark.com on how artists can license their art.Know your market.Make the pitch.Create a plan.Mock-up a catalog.Follow up.Use social media.License the work yourself.

The average royalty percentage applied to licensed services varies between 2-15 percent of the total buy, depending on the attractiveness of the property. Another (easier) way to work licensed service deals is to charge an annual fee for the licensee's right to use your intellectual property.

A creative commons license is a license issued by the copyright owner to allow anyone in the world to use his or her copyright work in any manner consistent with that license.

Creative Commons licenses apply to any work covered by copyright law. By using a Creative Commons license, you do not give up your copyright; you still own your work. Creative Commons licenses do not replace copyright registration?they apply in addition to copyright.

Steps to License a Product Invent an original product.Research your market.Do a patent search.Consider filing a provisional patent application.File a patent application.Search for licensees.Sign a licensing agreement.Collect royalties.