Re: Copyright curiousity

Hey, I was just reading on the Canadian copyright law


You may copyright ANYthing. Period. Free. No registration required.
You CAN register it, this will help in a court-of-law if you ever get into a
battle
or you can put a copy of your materials and send it to yourself in the mail
and never open the letter, and you'll have proof.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jay Smith <jay(at)JaySmith.com>
Cc: HWG Techniques <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 7:33 PM
Subject: Re: Copyright curiousity


> Ben,
>
> According to your email address, you are in Canada.  If both you and
> your clients are in Canada, then you need to talk to people who know
> Canadian copyright law.
>
> That being said... In the U.S., if you are doing work for a client then,
> unless there is some other type of agreement, you are doing "work for
> hire".  In that case, the CLIENT owns the copyright, just as the client
> would own it if you were on their payroll.
>
> *If* YOU owned the copyright, then the client would have to get your
> permission every time it wanted to change something on the site.
>
> At the same time, this is an extremely complex subject and if you have
> serious concerns/problems, you need to speak with an attorney (no, not
> that!) experienced in this specialty ... and country.
>
> Jay
>
>
> Ben Russo wrote:
> >
> > Hello!
> > This is not html related, but I've noticed a lot of people are
professionals
> > and know the business, so what the heck...
> > When you finish a clients web design project, what do you do about
> > copyrighting?  On my page I currently have that small print copyright
> > notice, but is it right to put it on the client's site?  I hope you get
what
> > I'm trying to say, because the way I just said it makes me look
stupid...
> > : )
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> > Ben
>
> --
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>
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