Tim Holt wrote:
My "i'm not a lawyer" guess is that this is not the case. Valve certainly is the final rights holder, etc. of the content. It would be nice to get some kind of clarification on this though.
My "i'm not a lawyer" guess is that contacts don't always indicate who is the copyright holder on works created by third parties. You would think this would be something that is clearly stated in the contract "The party of the second part agrees to release all rights and ownership of content created during the duration of the contractual period to the party of the first part.", but sometimes contractors don't want this in the contract because they want to maintain copyright ownership on something so that it doesn't get reused over and over in any future products that are out of the contractors hands (i.e. see the case about the guy who recorded the "Yahooooooo!" voice over used by Yahoo in their ads and then didn't receive residual payments for each time Yahoo used his voice in their future ads). Like Alfred said, it's best to leave legal matters to the lawyers and let them fight it out. If you have any doubts, don't use something created by someone else. -- Jeffrey "botman" Broome _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
