RE: To give up copyright to client or not

At 05:18 PM 9/27/2001 +0200, Thilo M=FCller wrote:
>"Uhhhhhuuuuh" he say, in a sheepish tone while playing with his toes in the
>sand...


The point here is that this is just the latest example of home grown=20
contracts being a designer's worst enemy.  This is not particularly about=20
this poster or this contract but more of just a continuing saga of=20
designers trying to "save" money by "doing it themselves."  If the site is=
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a stiff, no one's probably going to care.  If the site is a hit, then the=20
designer (and client) can't count the number of claims that are potentially=
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going to come out of the woodwork both as between themselves and third=20
parties.  Very expensive.  Where's the "savings" in that???   And if you=20
don't believe that *every* site you work on is going to be that "hit," why=
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do this work???  And if the one site that you work on is a hit and your=20
contract is a mess (or you have no contract), you lose big time.   Why=20
anyone would put themselves in a lose lose situation is unclear to me in=20
the extreme.

Read "Set to Fail" on my site.  Click on "Articles for Writers and=20
Publishers" since it applies to designers as well.



IVAN HOFFMAN, B.A., J.D.
Attorney at Law
Lawyering With Integrity
Internet Law, Publishing Law, Copyrights, Trademarks, Corporate Training=20
and Online Education Law, Web Design Law, Music Law.  *A 6 Times Award=20
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