Had a promoter ask about selling posters i designed on his bands' tours

[giantstep]

I already charged him for the designs, but did not otherwise license it to him for resale. Multiple bands, multiple tours. Neither he nor I know what the norm is for this. He is happy to give me a cut somehow, but I'd like to see how others handle this. Percentage of poster sales? Or have him pay me a one-time bulk licensing fee so that he can sell as many as he wants? If anyone has input I would appreciate it. (BTW I do not print or otherwise facilitate printing...just charge for design)

[scrojo]

take the percentage (33-50%), either cash or posters produced, and put a 2year limit down in writing on production.

[giantstep]

good advice, esp on the 2 yr limit...thanks!

[dspring]

also make sure in writing that the posters or elements from them do not start turning up printed on shirts or other promo items without consent and their usage percentage

[alexfugazi]

Yeah, lock that shit down on every other possible usage. Anything additional should be accounted for. ALSO- depending on the size of the band and the accounting infrastructure they have in place, it might be less of a headache on your end just to take a chunk up front, and limit the usage to just one year. It depends on if you can trust them to actually know how many they sold or not.

Something to think about.

[giantstep]

i am starting to think that is the best and easiest way to do it. musicians and their managers are sometimes tough to trust/track down for payment/depend on in general. I could go on. but yeah that seems like the best way to maximize what I get with the least amount of headache.

[madanvil]

If there's no agreement regarding the resale of your work, cover your butt by watermarking the print files you provide them. 'For promotional use only • Not for sale'