Sorry Jack. I have no details. You might contact either the Georgia chapter
or the national office of GAG (www.gag.org) for more info. The NY office
seems to be just a one-person office, and the guy who runs it is pleasant
and easy to talk with, though of course he'll try to sign you up for
memberhship. I also heard awhile back that there was an SF chapter of GAG
forming, and that might be another source of info: you could get contact
info from the NY office.
Another idea might be to contact Ivan Hoffman, as I believe he offers a
stock Web design contract for sale, though I have no idea how well it's
written or what it includes. Ivan has been in the Web design trenches for
several years, so probably has as much expertise as any lawyer you'd run
across. I've always been resistant to the idea of simply hiring a lawyer to
write a contract, since I know so much more about the details and ins/outs
of the business than a lawyer is likely to know, but Ivan might be an
exception
Jack wrote:
>> Keep in mind that the Georgia chapter of the
>> Graphic Artists
>> Guild has succeeded in getting a law through the state legislature
>> requiring printers to contact graphic designers for copyright release
>> before ever reprinting a job for which they have the film on file.
>> Presumably under the Georgia law, the designer owns the rights to the
>> layout of a print project regardless of whether or not it incorporates a
>> client's logo.
>
>Do you know what the verbiage is for the agreement? Do they actually use the
>word "layout". If so, what distinquishes a printed layout from a web page
>layout? It seems to me that it comes down to the fact that a web page is
>more fluid/easy to edit, and hence is harder to protect, but how does a law
>differentiate between the two? Even if a web page layout was considered a
>template, there would still be rights attached to it, as there are in the
>"professionally designed" layouts that come with FrontPage and the like,
>where the template developers probably signed over their rights, but at
>least had some to sign over - or they receive royalties (unlikely, but
>possible) or stock options.
>
>If the Georgia law were carried over to web pages, would it translate to
>something like "designer must be contacted prior to making changes to
>his/her design"? Really, a direct translation to the web medium would be
>something like "designer must be contacted before design is reprinted",
>which wouldn't apply, except, I guess, in new printed materials that used
>elements or full pages from the site.
>
>??
>
>Jack
>
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