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talk to a lawyer. You own the software. Don't listen to these clowns.

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Originally Posted by dig420 (Post 12157221)

talk to a lawyer. You own the software. Don't listen to these clowns.

Sorry Dig..you are wrong.

http://www.allbusiness.com/legal/con...3874347-1.html

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Originally Posted by quantum-x (Post 12147394)

This is complete bs, really.

You're right, NDAs should have been signed - but NDAs don't hold up in court.

That's not really true. Reason non competes\disclosures tend to not hold up is because so many people write them poorly, and try to make the scope WAY to broad. If you keep it very specific and write it correctly it will be enforceable.

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Originally Posted by dig420 (Post 12157221)

talk to a lawyer. You own the software. Don't listen to these clowns.

The Copyright laws clearly say otherwise. You can read them yourself, it's pretty straight forward.

Personally, if it were me, I would package that bitch up and spread it around EVERYWHERE FOR FREE

everywhere you can find throw it out there, torrent sites, usenet, forums, etc....send it to china and back

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Originally Posted by GigoloMason (Post 12157321)

My god you people are confused.

NDA's often do hold up in court.

Non-compete's usually don't, at least not as they are written.

HOWEVER, this situation has absolutely nothing to do with NDA's or Non-compete's.

This issue is about copyright. The issue would be addressed in a WORK FOR HIRE AGREEMENT, not a NDA or Non-compete.

Ugggggg.

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Originally Posted by JMM (Post 12157676)

My god you people are confused.

NDA's often do hold up in court.

Non-compete's usually don't, at least not as they are written.

Nice to know you felt the need to restate what I just said.

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This issue is about copyright. The issue would be addressed in a WORK FOR HIRE AGREEMENT, not a NDA or Non-compete.

Ugggggg.

I'm sorry at what point did I you get the impression that was talking about this guy's problem? I was responding to one comment specifically regarding non-competes\disclosures.

Can you just not read, or did you actually have a point? Speaking of confused. :1orglaugh

Guess we know what bus you rode to school.

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Originally Posted by ismokeblunts (Post 12146817)

i paid a fair price to cover the time spent working on the project. i assume that when i pay for something like that, that it is mine afterwards.

Don't mean to put it so harshly but... assumptions are the mother of all fuckups. Yes, you did pay him for his time to develop this but in the end, he did develop it. It is his work. Any freelancer you hire as a contractor, there should have been a contract by both of you stating the terms of the work.

Companies that hire freelancers like this (or even temporary part-timers) have contracts primarily for categorizing the product of the contractor's work as "work made for hire". This is to prevent the contractor from taking the work he produced while he was hired. Without this, the contractor has his or her right to get up, take everything he produced during the time and leave with it without a trace of their work.

Search google for "work made for hire". There are plenty of info about it.

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Originally Posted by Matt 26z (Post 12156681)

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.