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Old 06-04-2009, 04:43 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: Who owns the website? The creator or the company?

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Originally Posted by sobeit View Post
Find the original contract and see what it says - if no contract, then most likely the creator/designer. As far as the pictures and graphics, again, if the contract does not say and they were not provided by your friend, then the designer owns them.

If you are coping the source code and the graphics without the legal right, you can get into legal problems because you would be a violation of copyright laws.
Then what does the client pay for? My friend paid $500 to get his site built and then $150 to get it started (plus $30 monthly hosting fees)
That really doesn't sound fair. If I build a website for a client, the moment they pay me, the only thing I claim is the right to put it on my portfolio site.
Imagine if an artist sold a painting, then 2 years later he comes back and says "I want my painting back and no you can't have your money back."
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