Do 'options' belong to the client?
Do 'options' belong to the client?
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- d_rek0
State in your contract that the only artwork that a client retains rights to is finalized artwork that has been signed-off on. All conceptual work otherwise belongs to designer and/or studio.
The unused options are still rightfully yours. You can still charge a client to license the *rights* to use your artwork at a later date and possibly even charge for reworking the art and finalizing it.
Watermarking your artwork, making all of the images raster can help deter theft form a pdf. Unfortunately the only real thing you can do (in the states) to stop people from using your artwork is by serving up a cease and decist. Sometimes diplomacy works.