[Hidden-tech] agreement to protect website ?

[Mark Firehammer]

Hi Margot,
If you do just 3 things, site ownership is not even an issue that needs to
be discussed.

   1. Make sure the hosting account is your account. This means if a
   developer tries to hold you up for whatever reason they can't lock you out
   of your hosting account.
   2. Register your domain name in your own account that you pay for for
   the same reason as above.
   3. Don't sign any agreements that give ownership rights to the
   developer.

In short, as long as you control the accounts that hold your domain name,
sites files and database you are firmly in control at all times and are the
owner by virtue of possession!
I also recommend having an automated database and site file backup system
that puts both of those into another location such as Amazon S3. This
protects you from permanent loss of your site due to a malicious act of
deletion by a mean spirited or disgruntled developer. None of this is hard
and can be setup in a matter of minutes.*

*I hope that's helpful.*

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On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Margot Zalkind <margotzalkind at gmail.com>wrote:

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> Thanks for your help regarding who owns what on the website -
> the question is,
> what would be in an agreement
> to protect one's ownership of a website?
> What points would you cover,
> to be sure before you have someone design/build the site?
>
> Thanks all.
> mz
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