On 26 Jul 98, Dr. Steve wrote:
> From there, there followed several various other web cam type sites,
> including our own Brent Eades' fabulous Canadian Govt. site, "The Stones
> of History". Brent's HILL CAM made the background, but was not
> specifically mentioned.
Holy heck, didn't know about that... wonder if it's my version of the site,
or a recent "upgrade" made to it by the client?
The government webmaster e-mailed me a couple of weeks ago to let me
know that the the department I did the site for back in '96 had decided to
make some cosmetic changes to it, but for "budgetary reasons" did the
work internally: I was *not* impressed with the results. My original site
structure is still intact, and my text and the HillCam I set up and so on
(and my snappy splash page <g>), but the overall look has changed a lot,
and not for the better IMO.
Oh well, so it goes... I was paid for the work after all, and ceded [in a
written contract] all future rights to it thereby, so I can't complain. Still,
it's a little disappointing not being able to use it in my portfolio any more,
or at least not without various excuses being made in advance.
This situation is unique to Web designers really, this potential for "our
work" to be dramatically altered subsequent to its completion; I can't think
of any other creative category of work that is so dynamic and transitory.
If I design a paper brochure for a client, I know that they aren't going to
subsequently alter the colors, typefaces and photos while still calling it
"my" brochure; just can't be done. Likewise a commissioned photo,
magazine article, etc. Raises some interesting copyright and related
issues, really. (Though not in this particular case, since as I say the feds
own my work outright.)
But in other cases it could be more legally problematic (this accords with
matters Jack raised last week) -- basically, when a site is completed, who
owns what, and who has what responsibilities/rights to alter and amend
code, graphics and structure at a later date? Interesting...
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Brent Eades, Almonte, Ontario
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Town of Almonte site: http://www.almonte.com/
Business site: http://www.federalweb.com
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