>I think it's necessary to understand exactly what rights you're giving
>away. Under both British and Australian law, and therfore I presume
>virtually every other former bit of the British empire, if you produce work
>on commission, then the copyright is owned by the commissioner of the job,
>not by the person who accepts the commission. If, on the other hand, you
>create a site on spec and then sell it to a company, you have the right to
>retain the copywright.
this is NOT true under US law. Under US law, the creator owns the copyright
unless he or she has agreed to work under a "work for hire" contract or
unless he or she is an employee of the commissioning company.
Suz
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