At 09:04 AM 7/27/98 -0400, Brent Eades so eloquently stated:
>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...
>-----------
You folks can battle out the legal issues. From a marketing
point of view, can you get anything from the broadcast and post
it on your site, i.e., "In the news..." It works wonders.
George
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