RE: Copyright notice

 > Once the client has paid for your services, any content and graphics created
 > for them by you becomes their property.

	The above statement is not necessarily true.  It is possible for a client 
to pay for content and graphics and for the designer to retain copyright 
(property) rights to the material.  Under U.S. law, if a designer is an 
independent contractor (and not an employee), it is likely that he will 
retain rights to the material even after he has received payment -- unless 
the designer and his client have a written agreement that states 
otherwise.  The issues involved here include the "work made for hire" 
doctrine and the basic issue of copyright assignment.
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Douglas M. Isenberg
Attorney @ Law
Editor & Publisher, GigaLaw.com
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