Re: FN-FORUM contract issue

date posted 6th September 2002 14:59

If there was no written contract that stated anything to the contrary, the
original files and source all belong to the developer or the developer's
employer (whatever the developer's contract of employment said).

All your client can do is offer to pay them for the right to modify or get
them to do it. Or you can start again from scratch.

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Kathy
http://www.vendetta.co.uk
DNRC Minister for Useful but Irritating Information and Trivia
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Adrian MacTaggart" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 2:12 PM
Subject: FN-FORUM contract issue


> I have a potential client that needs a Flash site updated. To do this I
need
> the original .fla files, however the agency that originally worked on the
> site have the files and say they have right of ownership.
>
> I checked if rights to ownership was written in to the original contract,
> and my (potential) client is not sure if there was even a contract.
> Therefore what rights does he have to get the .flas if either:
>
> a) There was never a contract
>
> b) There was a contract but nothing was stated with regards to ownership
>
>
>
> TIA,
>
> Adrian.
>
>
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