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If I create a website for someone, who actually owns it

Sep 23rd, 2008 02:40
John Martin, Max Breaux, http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap2.html


Under U.S. law, it depends.

  Unless there is a valid "work for hire" (defined under USC Title 17, 
Chapter 2, Paragraph 201, subsection b) then all copywrites for 
content on a website goes to whoever "originally" created the content.
As far as I can tell, a valid "work for hire" is a signed and 
notarized contract.  Handshakes and verbal agreements do not, as far 
as I can ascertain, constitute a valid "work for hire"

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