you are work for hire, then they do own the final rights. If you are
freelance, then who owns the rights should be spelled out in the
contract but defaults to you.
So their owning the copyright does not determine your business
relationship, instead your business relationship can determine their
copyright ownership. Most clients don't understand this but it's
probably why their accountants make them do the 1099 with you. The
accountant is probably covering their butt for them.
I had one client that still wanted me to do the 1099 despite what my
contract said. I was granting him exclusive copyright anyway, but I
just finished the job and walked away. Since the contract didn't mean
anything to him, I knew that it wasn't a long-term situation I wanted
to stay in.
I'm not a lawyer, blah blah blah... There are plenty of good books out there.
Here's a book I have on legal forms that's decent:
http://tinyurl.com/2vubd
I don't see at Amazon the legal handbook for designers that I have,
but there are plenty of others.
Cheers,
-Kevin
On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 08:43:46 -0400, Candace Cottrell
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Here's where I get confused. If you build a website for someone, design a book cover, etc. and they own the final rights are you then a work for hire?
>
>
> Candace K. Cottrell, Web Developer
> The Children's Medical Center
> One Children's Plaza
> Dayton, OH 45404
> 937-641-4293
>
> http://www.childrensdayton.org
>
> "There is no right price for the wrong product, even if it is inexpensive and delivered on time."
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