Website EULA and Copyright Notice

Discussion in 'Legal Issues' started by twalters84, Feb 23, 2009.

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    Hey there,

    Let's say a freelance programmer creates a website for somebody. The freelance programmer is a subcontractor and the work was not a work-made-for-hire. So the freelance programmer owns the rights to the code.

    What if the other party the programmer sells the website to has a copyright notice at the bottom of their website saying that they own the copyright?

    Second, what rights does the party have that the code is sold to? Is this just usage rights or do they have resale and / or redistribution rights as well?

    Third, if a website is already sold to somebody, can the original author send the purchaser a EULA saying what rights they have?

    Sincerely,
    Travis Walters
     
    twalters84, Feb 23, 2009 IP