[thelist] legal questions
Brian Cummiskey
Brian at hondaswap.com
Mon Jan 5 04:49:21 CST 2004
Hi everyone. Hope 2004 is doing well for you all so far.
I happened to go to an old client's site to see if anything was changed,
and to my suprise, there was an entire new layout from a different firm
or individual. However, a lot of my old content and database structure
were re-used, simply plugged into the new template so to speak.
Now, I'm not sue-happy or anything like that... I did the site as a
favor for a friend of a friend for cheap on a very short time frame. It
was almost ineveitble that it would be replaced with something more
"professional". I'm curious, however, as to what is the legal aspect of
this.
Since I was paid for the project, and thus all content technically
becomes the .com's property, technically, they are free to re-use what i
made and plug it into the new template. However, in return for doing
the site for cheap, I was allowed to put a "built by me" link at the
bottom. It is now removed, as technically, i didn't build it.
My point is that I'm not trying to sue the guys... Mainly, I want to
use the site in my portfolio. Since technically, 80% of the site is
still MY coding, but looks totally different that what i developed for
them, where do I stand?
How do I credit myself for the project?
Is referring to an archive.org link to the OLD version of the site (if
it was even archived) considered acceptible in your eyes for a
portfolio? Does it scream "you suck, that's why they hired someone else
to fix your mess"?
Thoughts?
-Brian
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