From: Zero Powers (zero_powers@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Aug 25 2000 - 22:18:24 MDT
>From: "Jason Joel Thompson" <jasonjthompson@home.com>
>Hi folks.
>
>Well, I need some help/advice. It's a copyright issue... (ah, how the worm
>has turned... :)
>
>Some of you have seen my portfolio website-- and it contains work that I
>have produced while an employee of another company.
>
>It is not my intention to break the law-- and this prior company is now
>demanding that I take down the images and video I produced while in their
>employ.
>
>Do I have legal recourse here folks? It will be tremendously damaging to
>me
>to be unable to show my previous work.
>
>Educated comments appreciated.
Do you mean you created it on company time and with company resources? If
so, then unless you have an agreement with them to the contrary, it will be
deemed to be a "work for hire" and the company owns it. On the other hand
if you created it on your own time, using your own resources and did not use
it in anyway for the benefit of your employer, its yours. Anything between
these two extremes (and assuming you have no agreement with the employer
specifying ownership) the answer is a definite "maybe." Hope this helps.
Disclaimer: This post is given for general information purposes only. It
does not constitute legal advice, nor does it give rise to any
attorney-client relationship. For legal advice you should seek the counsel
of an attorney hired by you and fully informed regarding the details of your
particular situation. Feel free to use or ignore any information contained
in this post *at your own risk.* Blah, blah, blah, etcetera, etcetera...
-Zero
Learn how your computer can earn you money while you sleep!
http://www.ProcessTree.com/?sponsor=38158
________________________________________________________________________
Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Fri Nov 01 2002 - 15:30:36 MST