Re: Logo I created being used without payment
- From: "Roy" <royphoty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 14:36:35 GMT
"bethanyann" <bwatson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have a problem and would appreciate some advice. A client hired me to
> build a website by implementing and editing a script and also to design
> a logo for his business to be used on the site and a business card. He
> wanted to pay in full after the job was complete. I told him I would do
> that, but needed a contract, and he agreed to sign it. I sent it to him
> but never got the signed copy back. I began working on the site in the
> meantime and foolishly spent a lot of time editing the script for him
> and designing logos.
>
> He kept wanting to add things to the contract thus putting it back into
> negotiation stage. I needed the money which is why I kept working
> anyway...hoping to get the job done so I could get paid. Finally I told
> him I had to have the contract signed before work continued. the next
> day he said he couldn't work on the job anymore and had to put it on
> the back burner for now. I took all of my work off his webhost, but he
> still had the logo that I designed. We live in different cities so I
> had to send it to him through email.
>
> He switched webhosts, and put the logo I created on his website and is
> using it. He never paid me for any of my work and I don't have a signed
> contract. I know I made a foolish mistake, but now am wondering if I
> have any legal recourse. I did some research and can register the logo
> for $30 with the Copyright Office in DC, but would I have any case for
> copyright infringement, since there was no contract in place?
>
> All of our correspondance has been saved. Including my telling him the
> design is copyrighted by me until he pays for copyright ownership.
Hi there.
You have been ripped off, and it seems like it was done in quite a
calculated way.
The Logo is your copyright until you agree to let it be used.
I doubt if it would be advisable to get involved with the real rip-off
merchants - Lawers - in order to recover what may well be a fairly small
sum.
You could send sufficient copies of the corres, to establish your ownership,
to his Website Host, and ask them to desist from infringing your copyright.
It might not work, but it could cause him some problems, and let you feel a
bit better.
Roy G
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