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Subject:RE: Client misunderstanding of public domain From:Kevin McLauchlan <kmclauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:41:48 -0400
If Traci (the original poster) is going to work for this client, she needs
to take steps to insulate herself from legal fall-out.
Ensure that any copyright claims that appear in the NEW work are on behalf
of the company only, and that her name doesn't appear anywhere (not even in
the source file (Word files?) metadata.
Her contract with these people needs to have not only "hold harmless"
verbiage, but clauses that indemnify her - where the company agrees to
protect her legally and pay all fees and compensate her for any losses
arising from any civil or criminal actions with respect to the work.
Maybe insert a little clause that the company agrees to seek/provide
competent legal advice/opinion with respect to any use of any third-party
content.
Then later, she can collect a fee from the wounded party for acting as a
witness in the case against the company... oooo nasty. :-)
Kevin
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