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It also depends on the local laws. Where I live it is the other way around. Everything belongs to your employer unless your contract specifies otherwise.

• delazeur 11y ago
  May I ask where? Is it a local or national law?
  • grabeh 11y ago
    In the UK for example, s.11(2) of the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988 provides as follows: (2) Where a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work[, or a film,] is made by an employee in the course of his employment, his employer is the first owner of any copyright in the work subject to any agreement to the contrary.
    • FanaHOVA 11y ago
      How does software fall into those categories?
      • grabeh 11y ago
        s.3(1) of the same Act defines a literary work as including a computer program so there's your answer in respect of UK law. In other jurisdictions, software will generally attract copyright protection also.