Chris,
Thanks for the feedback. You're probably right but the most common reason
for lawsuits are misunderstandings. The one thing that I've learned about
intellectual property rights over the years is that its a *VERY* gray area
of law and leaves quite a bit to interpretation.
Rey...
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> 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
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>
> 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
>
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>
> ----- 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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