Hi gang,
Remember a short time back when we had the discussion about copyrighting our
works? I believe it was Brent who'd done a site, then someone else modified
it and he could no longer use it on his resume.
I'm in somewhat of a quandary. Typically when I do a site, I add a little
line at the bottom of the pages, at least the major pages, stating that the
site was designed and maintained by TLW Enterprises. I use a -2 font. I have
the copyright listed as the business and myself. No one has ever complained.
This customer doesn't want any of that, and is so serious about it that I
might not get the job if I push it. His only reason given is that if I do
work for him, it should belong to him. I've tried to use the analogy that if
I paint a portrait for him, I still did the work, but that floats like a lead
balloon.
It's a big job for me, several thousand US dollars (even though that's another
issue he's beating me over the head with, but I've dug in my heals). How do
you get credit for your work so you can assure potential customers that you
did the site? Is a link in your online portfolio to the site enough? Will a
meta author tag listing me as suffice? I know I can take a hard-line stance,
and reasoning with the guy is getting me nowhere. Does anyone have a
compromise that I can propose?
Linda Wishman
TLW Enterprises
http://www.win.bright.net/~twishman/
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