Comments on: Who Owns Your Website? http://www.passionforbusiness.com/blog/who-owns-your-website/ Practical tips for small biz owners Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:19:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Debra http://www.passionforbusiness.com/blog/who-owns-your-website/comment-page-1/#comment-6664 Debra Sat, 25 Jul 2009 04:28:21 +0000 http://paulag.wordpress.com/2007/04/12/who-owns-your-website/#comment-6664 Thanks so much for your advice. All good points to consider, thanks for taking the time to respond! :-) Thanks so much for your advice. All good points to consider, thanks for taking the time to respond!
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]]> By: Karyn Greenstreet http://www.passionforbusiness.com/blog/who-owns-your-website/comment-page-1/#comment-6649 Karyn Greenstreet Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:07:19 +0000 http://paulag.wordpress.com/2007/04/12/who-owns-your-website/#comment-6649 Hi, Debra, I'm not a lawyer, so I can't give legal advice. You may or may not own the coding/content, BUT your ex-boyfriend owns the domain and the hosting account. It would seem to me to be illegal for you to "break in" to his hosting account without his permission to remove your content. My advice to you is: talk to an intellectual property lawyer to find out your rights. If you decide you want your coding back, let a lawyer handle the communications. As a coach, I would also ask you: What will you get out of this? Why do you want to do this? Why hold on to this? Would it be healthier for you to let go and move on to bigger and better things? Motivation and intention matters. Warmly, Karyn Hi, Debra,

I’m not a lawyer, so I can’t give legal advice. You may or may not own the coding/content, BUT your ex-boyfriend owns the domain and the hosting account. It would seem to me to be illegal for you to “break in” to his hosting account without his permission to remove your content.

My advice to you is: talk to an intellectual property lawyer to find out your rights. If you decide you want your coding back, let a lawyer handle the communications.

As a coach, I would also ask you: What will you get out of this? Why do you want to do this? Why hold on to this? Would it be healthier for you to let go and move on to bigger and better things? Motivation and intention matters.

Warmly,
Karyn

]]> By: Debra http://www.passionforbusiness.com/blog/who-owns-your-website/comment-page-1/#comment-6636 Debra Fri, 24 Jul 2009 06:21:34 +0000 http://paulag.wordpress.com/2007/04/12/who-owns-your-website/#comment-6636 Hi! I recently parted ways with my boyfriend of 3 years(we lived together). While we were dating, but before he moved in, I spent 1000's of hours building his website, completely unpaid: no money, no gifts, barely a thank you. The website words were his, he paid for the domain name, but the unpaid work and the html coding is mine. Don't I own the work product? Especially since he didn't pay me to do it? In essence, would it be legal for me to go into his domain account and erase all of my work (the entire content of the website), since I own the work product? Thanks for any help! :-) Hi! I recently parted ways with my boyfriend of 3 years(we lived together). While we were dating, but before he moved in, I spent 1000′s of hours building his website, completely unpaid: no money, no gifts, barely a thank you. The website words were his, he paid for the domain name, but the unpaid work and the html coding is mine. Don’t I own the work product? Especially since he didn’t pay me to do it? In essence, would it be legal for me to go into his domain account and erase all of my work (the entire content of the website), since I own the work product?
Thanks for any help! :-)

]]> By: Karyn Greenstreet http://www.passionforbusiness.com/blog/who-owns-your-website/comment-page-1/#comment-5328 Karyn Greenstreet Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:04:05 +0000 http://paulag.wordpress.com/2007/04/12/who-owns-your-website/#comment-5328 Agreed, Cathy, copywriting and ghostwriting are copyright-able. Are you saying that you don't allow your clients to brainstorm or tweak the first draft of the copy you give them until they pay in full? Warmly, Karyn Agreed, Cathy, copywriting and ghostwriting are copyright-able.

Are you saying that you don’t allow your clients to brainstorm or tweak the first draft of the copy you give them until they pay in full?

Warmly,
Karyn

]]> By: Cathy Goodwin http://www.passionforbusiness.com/blog/who-owns-your-website/comment-page-1/#comment-5322 Cathy Goodwin Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:03:48 +0000 http://paulag.wordpress.com/2007/04/12/who-owns-your-website/#comment-5322 Don't forget copywriting! My agreement states that I own all the rights until I get payment in full. Then I turn over the copy and they own the rights. I also agree that clients who pay for my Diagnostic service own the Report and suggestions; they can go anywhere to implement them. Clients often don't realize that they can't tweak or modify the copy until they've paid in full. I've had clients send me drafts of revised copy, asking me to comment. I have to explain that they can't do this. On the other hand, I cringe when I see how some clients have modified my copy on their websites! It's legal but they're losing all the benefits of what they paid for. Don’t forget copywriting! My agreement states that I own all the rights until I get payment in full. Then I turn over the copy and they own the rights. I also agree that clients who pay for my Diagnostic service own the Report and suggestions; they can go anywhere to implement them.

Clients often don’t realize that they can’t tweak or modify the copy until they’ve paid in full. I’ve had clients send me drafts of revised copy, asking me to comment. I have to explain that they can’t do this.

On the other hand, I cringe when I see how some clients have modified my copy on their websites! It’s legal but they’re losing all the benefits of what they paid for.

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