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With out a contract the effort he put in is his. Therefore he owns the copyrights, sites, etc, for all the work he created. Therefore a bill is quite appropriat
by fleitz 16y ago
With out a contract the effort he put in is his. Therefore he owns the copyrights, sites, etc, for all the work he created. Therefore a bill is quite appropriate if the campaign wishes to continue using his creation.
- gkoberger 16y agoThat's wrong. He volunteered. It's not like you can bill the Salvation Army for the clothes you donated.
- derobert 16y agoCongress dreamed up some weird criteria to determine copyright ownership, and no matter how wrong it is, it still the law. Unless it was a work for hire, which it probably isn't under 17 U.S.C. §101 as there was neither employment nor anything in writing, the copyright belongs to the author. There are probably implied licenses, but that is definitely a question for a lawyer.