Re: Video ownership problems

While certainly off topic.  I think that the issue does warrent attention.
I believe that your brother may be in the right here. But who am I?  I have
no legal basis for my opinions.  Your brother needs to get a hold of a
decent lawyer. Make sure he doesn't try to find a cheap lawyer, they tend to
make the situation look scarier than it is in order to get you to retain
their services. A good lawyer will give him an honest view on the situation
and what his rights are. From the little that I know of the situation, it
looks as if the company wants to make money from his hard work. The fact
that they never paid for him to be there will probably be in his favor. And
I'd bet that they are banking on scare tactics and him not getting a
lawyer...

Andre


----- Original Message -----
From: "Judith C. Kallos" <webmaster(at)theistudio.com>
To: "Kef Moulton" <kef(at)desoto.net>; <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:31 AM
Subject: Re: Video ownership problems


> Hey, Kef:
>
> At 05:41 AM 10/30/01, you wrote:
> >Hi All,
> >I hope this isn't too far off topic for this list as it involves
> >computers, but not necessarily the net.
>
> Not only off-topic but has nothing to do with Web design issues at all. .
.
>
> This is a legal issue that no one on any list can provide free advice to
> help your brother.    It sounds like he didn't have his bases covered and
> may be in no position to protest the outcome.  This is what happens when
> folks try to avoid legal fees by winging it or thinking that protection in
> these areas is not necessary.
>
> If he does want to investigate if he has any rights in this issue, he
needs
> to contact an attorney to go over the specifics of /his
> situation/.  Generalities or folks who been there done that are not in a
> position to give free legal advice.
>
> <http://www.gigalaw.com/>
>
> Hopefully, this is a lesson learned and he will have the appropriate
> documents in place or reviewed before he gets into this type of situation

> again.  As they say hindsight is 20/20.  ;-)
>
> /j
>
>
>
>
>

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