mostly correct.
<CF_DISCLAIMER>
i am not a lawyer. i am in no way affiliated with lawyers, beyond
occasionally having a drink with my pre-law friends. take this with a grain
of salt.
</CF_DISCLAIMER>
that having been said...
i am somewhat familiar with intellectual property rights. the current
standard (that is, what is commonly accepted in the court cases i have read)
is that "work for hire, unless specifically identified as otherwise, is the
sole intellectual property of the creator."
what this means, in plain english, is this:
if you have a contract with an entity (businessi/individual) and they are
NOT paying you as a W2 employee, the work is yours, unless expressly stated
otherwise in the contract. eg, if you are a 1099 worker, there must be a
proviso in the contract specifically deliniating the IP rights of the
created work. if not, it's yours.
does this make sense? it's a bit early for me to be having legal
conversations. :)
Chris Olive,
DOEHRS Website Administrator
-----Original Message-----
From: Rey Bango [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 9:23 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: CF Contract?
Christine,
All I can say is tread lightly with this issue. Do they know that the code
cannot be redistributed? Many companies assume complete ownership of work
they've contracted for. Since you're coming to them after the work has been
started, you may encounter some resistance. Make sure that you review the
code and determine what you consider your own propietary code vs. what was
actually custom made for the client. You have a right to your code,
obviously but the client will feel the same way about their finished
application.
Rey...
Certified Allaire Instructor
Member of Team Allaire
"A browser's beauty, at its heart, is its usefulness as a *TOOL*."
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christine Kelley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 7:20 PM
Subject: CF Contract?
> Hi all!
> I am finishing up a couple small CF applications for a
> company, but I don't have any kind of a contract for them to
> sign saying they won't redistribute the code, etc. Does
> anyone have a standard contract they could post? I'm kind
> of new at this so I don't know what to watch out for.
> Thanks, Christine
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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