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Unless an employee contract says otherwise, the default copyright position is that all work done is part of "work-for-hire".[1] There are a few reasons for this
by aprescott 14y ago
Unless an employee contract says otherwise, the default copyright position is that all work done is part of "work-for-hire".[1] There are a few reasons for this, and Joel Spolsky covered them pretty well.[2]
[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_for_hire http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_for_hire
[2]: http://answers.onstartups.com/questions/19422/if-im-working-at-a-company-do-they-have-intellectual-property-rights-to-the-st http://answers.onstartups.com/questions/19422/if-im-working-...
- arethuza 14y agoEvery employment contract I have had (I'm not in the US and, I think, neither is crazysaem) has had rather a lot to say about copyright and IP - not all of which might be enforceable in a court (I have had lawyers look at contracts).