Well, now he's going to get paid.
No, he's not. Spike Lee's response on Twitter is that he never hired him, doesn't know who he is, and if he has a beef, it's not with him.
Dear Spike Lee
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Re: Dear Spike Lee
#162Earlier quoted context omitted.
Surely copyright law isn't that difficult. Every person owns the copyright to everything that they make, even sans registration with the LoC. Okay, so the designer does retain copyright, provided that it wasn't work-for-hire. There is no contract between the designer and the design company. And from what he says, he didn't get paid to develop on an hourly rate which means that it's not work-for-hire. And he hasn't be…
The designer should not have worked without a contract. What he did amounts to spec work. Next time, he will make sure that he and the agency sign a contract stating that when he gets paid, the transfer of copyright occurs.
Right, I agree with you 100% that he made a mistake. But the mistake that he made doesn't mean that the agency has a free pass to take his work and use it for free, no consequences.
Re: Dear Spike Lee
#163There is no content on URL.
So, I attach web archive link
http://web.archive.org/web/20131127041019/http://juanluisgar...
Re: Dear Spike Lee
#164Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well, no. http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html#506
Well, no what? You gave me a link and nothing more. That's not a rebuttal. It's very nearly as bad as saying "nuh uh!!" as if we're children on a playground.
Did you read the statute he linked to before you wrote this comment?
Re: Dear Spike Lee
#165Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well, no. http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html#506
Well, no what? You gave me a link and nothing more. That's not a rebuttal. It's very nearly as bad as saying "nuh uh!!" as if we're children on a playground.
The first few sentences show your claims above to be specious.