Is it? I'm sure the transfer deal when you buy the site will include an IP provision, whereby, if you reverse the charge, or don't pay in some way, you don't o

Is it? I'm sure the transfer deal when you buy the site will include an IP provision, whereby, if you reverse the charge, or don't pay in some way, you don't own the copyright to the site and its contents. That sounds like a valid case of a DMCA complaint being made. I remember the story of a client who got an agency to do a load of branding work. Said he didn't like it, and would be going elsewhere, having only paid the deposit - that's fine, it's part of the terms and conditions ... however, said client then went and used that exact branding. Last I heard, a DMCA claim took the website down and he came crawling back to pay the balance at he had a regional advertising campaign about to go live.