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I think that when you hire someone you are not: entering into a contract for the exploitation of the rights because you are the of the rights yourself. The
by bluecalm 8y ago
I think that when you hire someone you are not:
entering into a contract for the exploitation of the rights
because you are the of the rights yourself. The person you hired to write a program for you doesn't have any rights to it.
That being said, the whole article is ridiculous. If it passes you will be on the hook for % of the profits you make possibly forever if you licensed any kind of work to run your business. Maybe they should add another article where you can apply to get some of your money back if you don't make or lose money trying to run your business.
- 6ue7nNMEEbHcM 8y agoThanks for slightly optimistic reply in this regard. But I think it will all come down to how this will be implemented in member states (and I'm sure it will be far from common in EU), here where I live not all rights are transferred as part of the contract, some rights are non-transferable. Nevertheless it's scary how this is developing, I wonder who will be deciding about "fairness" of compensation, will it be courts deciding how much some services are worth... I wonder if UK will accept it, if not I'd expected lots of business moving there from EU.
- madhadron 8y ago"Work for hire" rights have been enshrined for a long, long time, and don't affect just software. It would affect every memo, marketing campaign, advertisement, or drawing made for pay. Something that would destroy the entire white collar economy would get fixed pretty fast.
- walterbell 8y agoOr, we could avoid breaking the economy while hoping that it can be fixed quickly.
- baybal2 8y agoYes, the general impression is that proposal articles almost feel being written under somebody's dictation, for the benefit of a single market player.
- ouid 8y agoperhaps it just means that you have to pay in equity.