[Hidden-tech] who owns a website?

[Rich Roth]

I think we have had enuf responds on this topic unless Margot cares to provide more
information
and questions beyond the responses.

it's clear many of us have experience in the area but
there are no 'real' lawyers that responded -- too bad if any of you (lawyers) are lurking,
there was a chance to make yourselves known.

Rich/webmaster

On 10/14/2011 1:06 PM, Christine Pilch wrote:
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> Sorry, everybody, below I mean "content" management system, not "customer" management
> system. Big difference.
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> Margot, I've worked in web development project management for about 15 years, and I have
> functioned on both sides of the coin. This is very tricky, and the advice you've been
> receiving from others about your contract is significant. But there is another issue
> that nobody has addressed yet.
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> Generally, your client likely owns the content that he has supplied, I.E., text, photos,
> graphics. And many web hosts will allow you to take your site wherever you want, however
> the tricky part comes in when your site is built using proprietary programming that the
> web developer/host owns. In its basic sense, think of this as the "pages" generated by a
> customer management system, (CMS.) So, yes, you can move your site elsewhere, but you
> generally cannot take the programming behind the site that actually makes dynamically
> generated pages display, so moving such a site is essentially worthless to you, as you
> can take the elements, but not the engine that makes it run.
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> I've encountered very few business sites over the last 10 years that don't have most, if
> not all, of their "pages" generated by a CMS. So you need to have a very strong handle
> on how your client's site is built before you entertain moving it elsewhere. If it's
> old-school, just a group of static pages without a CMS, you'll probably be fine. If it's
> running on a CMS, you'll probably be in trouble.
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> - Christine
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> *From:*hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net
> [mailto:hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net] *On Behalf Of *Margot Zalkind
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 13, 2011 1:12 PM
> *To:* Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net
> *Subject:* [Hidden-tech] who owns a website?
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> IF a company wants to change website designers,
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> who wons the rights to the website?
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> IF it was done for payment
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> IF the company owns the copyright?
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> Can they change?
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> Thanks, M
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