subject: Website Design Sydney and Intellectual Property [print this page] Once you have you stunning new site by a web design sydney company, you have to ask them at the vvery beginning of the project before anything has commenced with any graphic design or web design that you will be the eventual owner of the website and you will own all the intellectual property associated with the website; including all files, pictures, content, back- end programming and basically anything that is on the actual website.
Failure to establish this at the very onset of the project will result in confusion and perhaps legal issues once the site has been posted live. A website is a valuable asset and as such should be put in writing that you or the business are owners of the website. If there are any disputes you will have to speak to a lawyer or a mediator to determine who is the owner of the site.
If there has been any photography purchased from photo libraries you must also get the licenses from the photo library stating that you are the owner of these photos. You must also find out how long you have these photos for and if they are rights managed or royalty free.
All these tips will help you in the long run to avoid any issues that you may have. If you ignore them in the beginning you might find that it may cost you time and money further on down the track once you have your website live and have paid for this site.
