Hello Martin,
My understanding is that if you're a freelance, the copyright on your
original work belongs to you unless you have a contractual arrangement with
your client regarding copyright. If the work was created in course of an
employment, copyright would be owned by your employer. To be sure, I would
hire an IP lawyer for advice.
I remember following heated discussions on photography groups on Facebook
where Mauritian photographers were arguing about whether a photographer or
the client own copyright when wedding photos are taken for example.
It is common for websites to be built from other copyrighted components.
For instance, bootstrap is a popular framework for building websites. The
authors of bootstrap allows their work to be used both personally and
commercially, provided some conditions are met. For example, users are
required to keep intact, the accompanying copyright notice.
On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 7:43 AM, Martin <martin_at_navacelle.net> wrote:
> Hi S,
>
> Say if I make a website freelance and we don't talk about intellectual
> property (IP) with the client, what are the defaults ? Is the website his
> or my IP ?
> In France any creator has the right to stay the author unless contracted
> otherwise ( with compensation usually). How does it work in Mauritius ?
> What if someone from another country does not respect my IP, what can I do
> as Mauritian ?
>
> Thanks
> Regards
>
>
> Original Message
> From: S Moonesamy
> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2017 00:30
> To: mauritius-internet-users_at_lists.elandnews.com
> Subject: Innovating your way out
>
> Hello,
>
> Turbine and the U.S. Embassy organized an event about "Innovating
> your way out". There was a comment from a journalist about the
> "intellectual property" on a news article belonging to the
> journalist. There has been very little discussion in Mauritius about
> that topic even though it may also be of interest to web developers.
>
> Regards,
> S. Moonesamy
>
>
>
>
>
Received on Thu Apr 27 2017 - 05:29:10 PST