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Old 04-01-2007, 02:22 PM  
gideongallery
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Originally Posted by Matt 26z View Post
And I am surprised how many people think this hinges on how you define work for hire. There was a unique idea behind this script, and it wasn't the programmer who conceived it. So this goes far beyond work for hire arguments.

if he can prove it is an unique idea then he would have get a patent, and then sue. That would cost him 100k+ or more.

With what he has now, he is SOL.
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