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Old 03-25-2007, 08:58 PM  
WarChild
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Originally Posted by woj View Post
good article addressing this issue:
http://www.developerdotstar.com/mag/...copyright.html

For those that are too lazy to read the whole thing -> "The software developer is the copyright owner."

That's exactly how it played out, in Canada, in the example I gave that I was involved in. The contractor was not considered an employee, and there was no valid employer-employee relationship.

"In our case, the bare facts indicate that the software designer is not the shop owner's employee. As a result, the employee portion of the "work for hire" doctrine does not apply."
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