RE: Copyright notice

by Ivan Hoffman <ivan(at)ivanhoffman.com>

Date:	Mon, 26 Jun 2000 10:21:03 -0700
To:	"Jason Brett" <jbbrett(at)zigzagnet.com>, "HWG Business" <hwg-business(at)hwg.org>
References:	koll
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At 09:13 AM 6/26/00 -0400, Jason Brett wrote:
>Lauri,
>
>Once the client has paid for your services, any content and graphics created
>for them by you becomes their property. 

Wrong!  Payment has absolutely nothing whatseover to do with ownership of
the rights.  That is a separate negotiation which, if the designer
understands his or her rights and his or her bargaining position, can and
should be retained by the designer unless the price is substantially
different.

IVAN HOFFMAN, B.A., J.D. 
Attorney At Law
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