[thelist] Charging for copyrights

[Andy Budd]

Norman MacLeod wrote:

> I think there's something a bit unethical about having a client hand 
> over
> their graphics, photos, and content drafts, and then telling them that
> somehow you, as the web team, own their work.

What a strange thing to say.

Obviously the client still owns copyright of anything they pass to you 
(assuming they own copyright themselves). Just because a client gives 
you some source material to work with, doesn't meant that you suddenly 
own copyright to it.