On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:48:36 -0400, "NotMe" <me@privacy.net> wrote:

>
>The copyright belongs to the creator. Lacking a written hardcopy signed
>agreement to transferring the copyrights the work product is her's and her's
>alone. (any claim by the Arts Council to the contrary has not validity
>neither does the AC putting the notice Copyright, Arts Council. (BTDT the
>work product was still mine)
>
>Lacking a written and signed agreement to the contrary subsequent employment
>does not change the ownership nor does the subsequent employment convert the
>work product to work product for hire.
>
>It does not matter if the work was paid or volunteer.
>
>The real question is this something she wants to fight over.
>
>The other side is this something the AC wants to proceed with given the
>nature of the organization.
>
>That said, this is not legal advice I'm not a lawer and don't play one on
>the internet.
>

Aha!! Thanks for that.

That makes perfect sense to me, in terms of English Common Law and
basic contract law.

I'll tell her that a webmaster who has BTDT has discovered that to be
the case.

Then, if she feels that at any point she needs to pursue the matter,
she'll have "a sense of her surroundings".

:-)

Thanks again,
Mary