"Mary Sunshine" <blah@blah.com> wrote in message
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| 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".
|
A babe in the woods when it come to web work. We run several graphic arts
studios and have made our living from IPR (intellectual property rights) for
over 40 years.