At 9:28 PM -0600 3/21/02, Thomas Ethen wrote:
This seems to be the case here, where the work was done and then not paid
for!
How much do they owe you? It's going to cost a lot to take it to court. What about
small claims court? I think the limit here in California is $2500.00. Legal
A lawyer can better clarify this (I am NOT one), but in general, intellectual
property law states that if you do work as an independent contractor, unless
you have a written contract that states that the client will own all rights
to the created work, the artist/designer/creator retains the
I understand your problem with this, but I have clients that I have taken
over sites for (which they paid for, which I feel makes the site their
property) and I have had to move the site to another server also. I feel
that the site is the property of the client after you do the work, just like
a
Then I think it's a breach of contract case nad not a
copyright issue.
Even if there was only an oral agreement for the
client to pay the developer for the work, that can
stand up in court.
But then again...I'm not a lawyer and this ain't elgal
advice. (My lawyer told me to say that...;-) )
My advice is to make it clear who legally owns the web site. I ran into a
situation where one client I built a site for got sweet talked by a
competing fellow. He downloaded the site I created from my server and put it
up on his own. Then the client dumped me for him.
On 3/19/02 6:38 PM, Keith R
A bit off topic, but I trust you folks a lot. My web design business has
taken off now and I have to take my proposals and contracts more seriously.
Can anyone offer some help on the verbage for either pertaining to websites.
I don't want to miss an important point website wise and pay later.
on 3/19/02 9:38 PM, Keith R at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Perhaps a *lawyer* might be in order.
All the best, in all things.
Darin Ames
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.crooner.com
A bit off topic, but I trust you folks a lot. My web design business has
taken off now and I have to take my proposals
on 3/19/02 9:38 PM, Keith R at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Perhaps a *lawyer* might be in order.
All the best, in all things.
Yes, but free advice is better than paid advice, at least to get the
ball rolling.
Keith, I do know one you can contact, however I am not sure if he
will be
