[plug] Intellectual Property

[Bret Busby]

Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
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> > Can you state an example of a circumstance where copyright is
> > implied or automatically is vested in the entity comissioning the
> > work and not the author - I would really be interested in this
> > scenario ?
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> The nub of this issue is that an assignment or licence of copyright
> doesn't have to be done expressly, it can be implied from the
> circumstances of the case.  And even if the copyright isn't assigned
> to the commissioning party, the terms of the implied licence to the
> commissioning party of the right to use the software can restrict the
> rights of the programmer to do so.  Am away from the office so don't
> have case references to hand but see
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> http://www.austlii.edu.au/do2/disp.pl/au/cases/cth/federal_ct/unrep546
> 0.html
> http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/disp.pl/au/cases/cth/federal%5fct/19
> 97/352.html
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Bret Busby

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