On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, Gavin Henrick wrote:
> copyright exists from the moment something is written, so if you
> write something completely "new" for a company as part of your
> work/contract for them, they own it unless your contract states
> otherwise. Not really grey here :)
are you sure about this?
my vague understanding was that copyright by default falls to the
author. ie not the person who pays the author, be they the
employer, contractee, publishing house or music recording company -
unless a contract exists between author and other party stipulating
otherwise.
> Gavin
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