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  • New Perspective studio
    Email problem

    • Jun 2017
    • 170

    #1

    [Question] Copyright Notices

    Ive recently come across a issue , i developed a website for a client, its been a few months and the client cant seem to make up her mind in what she wants for her website. I offered advice as a have a decent knowledge of SEO , social marketing and all the rest ( you kind of have to when you are competing in serps for web design queries because all of your competition knows seo too ).

    I phoned her since we were now to collaborate , i had no issue with this, ( she had very compelling writing skills on her site ) but over the phone she told me i need to supply her links of my work, so she can see if i can work with her as a developer !!! I was insulted. I need to prove myself to somebody who clearly doesnt know what they are doing. My seo and content is far Superior to hers , the site i had created for my client has Superior structure and ranking than this "Seo Content Writers" site.

    I could not even find them on google unless actually entering their website name ( this is a established company , who boast about seo and marketing ). Secondly and this is irrelevant but it was a WordPress site , non responsive with a yoast plugin ( basically a seo and writing assist tool for beginners ).

    She then told me that if she uses another developer my footer credits will be removed , fortunately this woman never paid in full for her website and i am now going to decline the rest and take the site back as i have 3 clients waiting for websites.

    I makes me angry that i sat down with this client provided everything she needed as a developer, got her site ranking on the top of google for its queries , and now some smooth talking company is going to come push me off all of my hard work.

    My question is in future if somebody has paid in full, can a content writer contract another developer and simply remove my copyright and credit link on the page? Because i have worked with one before and i know they sub contract to developers. Is there a clause i can add to my contract to protect me from this?
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  • PlatinumWealth.co.za
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    • Sep 2016
    • 291

    #2
    No they cannot.
    Well you need to specify it in the terms and conditions.

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    • IanF
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      • Dec 2007
      • 2680

      #3
      You are busy and have work lined up. Get rid of her as a client and work for clients who will appreciate the business.
      Tell her she can't remove your copyright until there is a complete rewrite, will she listen NO.
      But move on and forget them I try to get rid of toxic clients.
      Only stress when you can change the outcome!

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      • New Perspective studio
        Email problem

        • Jun 2017
        • 170

        #4
        Originally posted by New Perspective studio
        Ive recently come across a issue , i developed a website for a client, its been a few months and the client cant seem to make up her mind in what she wants for her website. I offered advice as a have a decent knowledge of SEO , social marketing and all the rest ( you kind of have to when you are competing in serps for web design queries because all of your competition knows seo too ).

        The last week she emailed me telling me that she had enlisted the services of a copy-righter , marketing seo specialist and that i was to contact her....I was taken aback and phoned my client immediately, she could tell i was upset, i found that this person , was a friend of hers she also explicitly stated that this woman knew many developers in My town, cassically saying i was from now on a option...

        I phoned her ( the copyrighter) since we were now to collaborate , i had no issue with this, ( she had very compelling writing skills on her site ) but over the phone she told me i need to supply her links of my work, so she can see if i can work with her as a developer !!! I was insulted one to many times. I need to prove myself to somebody who clearly doesnt know what they are doing. My seo and content is far Superior to hers , the site i had created for my client ( which i had not even started a seo expet for some good onpage practices) has Superior structure and ranking than this "Seo Content Writers" site.

        I could not even find them on google unless actually entering their website name ( this is a established company , who boast about seo and marketing ). Secondly and this is irrelevant but it was a WordPress site , non responsive with a yoast plugin ( basically a seo and writing assist tool for beginners ).

        She then told me that if she uses another developer my footer credits will be removed , fortunately this woman never paid in full for her website ( only the deposit) and i am now going to decline the rest and take the site back as i have 3 clients waiting for websites. My contract states that the site remains my property until paid in full.

        I makes me angry that i sat down with this client provided everything she needed as a developer, got her site ranking on the top of google for its queries , and now some smooth talking company is going to come push me off all of my hard work. I did this as a favour for a friend , so i grossly undercharged and all the months of changes from static site to dynamic site and back again , i never asked for a extra cent, i thought, u know its a good site and the value of it in my portfolio is good enough i will just have to be more carefiul in the future about pricing. I wrote it off as inexperience.. But now i may not even get my portfolio piece. And being more experienced im kind of thinking take the site back redo the content and sell it to one of your waiting clients for what its really worth.

        My question is in future if somebody has paid in full, can a content writer contract another developer and simply remove my copyright and credit link on the page?
        i mean i can understand they bought it and it is now their property..... but ive also heard that there are ways to preserve your footer credit even f you sell the site. i have worked with one before and i know they sub contract to developers. Is there a clause i can add to my contract to protect me from this?
        Ive quoted and edited my story as i left some details out ...yes ian i dont really intent to work with her anymore , it was a waste of much time and effort.
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        • Greig Whitton
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          • Mar 2014
          • 338

          #5
          Originally posted by New Perspective studio
          she told me i need to supply her links of my work, so she can see if i can work with her as a developer !!! I was insulted. I need to prove myself to somebody who clearly doesnt know what they are doing.
          Someone wants to assess the quality of your work and you're insulted??? Get off your high horse! The web development and digital marketing industry is bloated with fly-by-night freelancers who promise the world and take advantage of their customers' ignorance.

          I would never work with a freelancer without first assessing their body of work.

          Originally posted by New Perspective studio
          My seo and content is far Superior to hers , the site i had created for my client has Superior structure and ranking than this "Seo Content Writers" site.
          Yes, your copywriting is clearly of the highest caliber

          Originally posted by New Perspective studio
          I makes me angry that i sat down with this client provided everything she needed as a developer, got her site ranking on the top of google for its queries , and now some smooth talking company is going to come push me off all of my hard work.
          Clearly you didn't provide everything she needed otherwise she wouldn't have switched to a different developer.

          Originally posted by New Perspective studio
          My question is in future if somebody has paid in full, can a content writer contract another developer and simply remove my copyright and credit link on the page? Because i have worked with one before and i know they sub contract to developers. Is there a clause i can add to my contract to protect me from this?
          Probably the easiest way to contract this is that all of your work remains your property until your client pays you in full. That said, are you really going to take legal action to enforce your contract if a client pays a developer to scrape your work and recreate it without your copyright?
          Last edited by Greig Whitton; 29-Oct-17, 10:11 AM.

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          • New Perspective studio
            Email problem

            • Jun 2017
            • 170

            #6
            Originally posted by Greig Whitton
            Someone wants to assess the quality of your work and you're insulted??? Get off your high horse! The web development and digital marketing industry is bloated with fly-by-night freelancers who promise the world and take advantage of their customers' ignorance.
            My client and i have worked together for over 5 months, i have always provided what she requested and when i made recommendations she thought she knew better...i hardly think i qualify as a fly by night in this situation.
            Why should i get assessed if i am established and threatened , by somebody whom is merely a friend of the client with absolutely no credibility. You are stereotyping me.


            Originally posted by Greig Whitton
            Yes, your copywriting is clearly of the highest caliber
            Did i say that? I said it is better than hers. My clients site ( the one i have not even begun to do seo on ) has a higher standard and ranking than that of the copy-righter.


            Originally posted by Greig Whitton
            Clearly you didn't provide everything she needed otherwise she wouldn't have switched to a different developer.
            I cannot be held responsible if a client doesn't know what they want i can make suggestions based on my experience, i can implement changes and show her the improvements through analytics... she tops rankings for her keywords , her site has great traffic... Every second week its a change...far beyond the stipulated amount of changes stated in my contract after the final design is accepted. I never complained or charged. ( i should have)

            You cant satisfy all of the people all of the time right? This is just one of those, maybe its our personalities , maybe its my style of work. Maybe its her friend , maybe its money. I provided solutions , she thought she knew better. Can i force her to do it my way? No. She is the first to act like this. I could sell her site for double what i quoted her after a content re write.

            Point is as each day goes by , the value of the site increases , the value of my outstanding fees decrease, my brand is now missing a piece which would have given it more credibility and diversity, how many potential clients would that be lost? I would be a fool to work further with this person.



            Originally posted by Greig Whitton
            Probably the easiest way to contract this is that all of your work remains your property until your client pays you in full. That said, are you really going to take legal action to enforce your contract if a client pays a developer to scrape your work and recreate it without your copyright?
            My contract does state this, as i said earlier, i want to be rid of this client , but she wont take my work with her as she hasn't paid in full. Therefore the site is still my property.

            I wont take legal action no need, i have a copy of the site locally . If she decides to pull a fast one i have a script on her hosting platform to wipe the site should she try lock me out. I hope it does not come to that , i had contacted her and i am waiting for a response.

            Copywriters sub contract to developers to apply their ideas for new marketing strategies. I know this because ive have done it myself and the credit goes to the copy righter. She has come on board to a project which i created and has done well, her job is to enhance that. Not to question me. She is a freelancer just like myself. One with MUCH less credibility.

            However i am not here to argue about who is best and rubbish like that, i just explained i hopes to find a possible solution of protecting myself against being pushed off my own projects in the future. If i cannot prevent it in the situation that somebody has paid in full then so be it.
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            • HR Solutions
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              • Mar 2013
              • 3358

              #7
              My question is in future if somebody has paid in full, can a content writer contract another developer and simply remove my copyright and credit link on the page?
              Why not ? Surely the "client" asked you to do something for them so it is theirs ? I wouldn't want their stamps all over my website and have the right to ask them to remove it from MY website if I didn't like it. On our website it says we own the copyright !

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              • New Perspective studio
                Email problem

                • Jun 2017
                • 170

                #8
                A client shouldn't even accept a design with "stamps all over the website " . I am talking about a one line footer credit that is standard on most websites , not a advertising space for your company lol.

                But yea it seems the general consensus is thy can do with it what they like, once paid, which is fair. I was just kind of hoping there would be a law reserving your credit unless the website was entirely reconstructed . However this is one client out of almost 2 years worth of work. I guess i should just accept that is always a slight possibility and move on.

                i actually went and read the privacy policy of a few randon web design firms and they all seem to say the same thing.

                This does open the opportunity for me to approach any website i think may need Seo , content , better design even if it has a all rights reserved by "x-design Company".
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                • HR Solutions
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                  • Mar 2013
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                  #9
                  Im talking about the one line footer.
                  If you had to put that on my website then I could charge you for advertising

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                  • New Perspective studio
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                    • Jun 2017
                    • 170

                    #10
                    Originally posted by HR Solutions
                    Im talking about the one line footer.
                    If you had to put that on my website then I could charge you for advertising
                    For a line stating designed by so and so .... well you are would be one in a thousand then.
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                    • adrianh
                      Diamond Member

                      • Mar 2010
                      • 6328

                      #11
                      Originally posted by New Perspective studio
                      For a line stating designed by so and so .... well you are would be one in a thousand then.
                      LoL - You lot give yourselves far too much credit - I think that you should have a sticker on the back of your car for each and every mechanic that works on your car. Maybe a sticker on your pizza for the chef too!

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                      • New Perspective studio
                        Email problem

                        • Jun 2017
                        • 170

                        #12
                        Originally posted by adrianh
                        LoL - You lot give yourselves far too much credit - I think that you should have a sticker on the back of your car for each and every mechanic that works on your car. Maybe a sticker on your pizza for the chef too!
                        Too much credit ... google some websites you will see it everywhere , its accepted in general, besides most webmaster like the credit link , because it holds the designer accountable for the design standard, and the designer doesn't want work that looks like crap.. because now his name is on it too. So both parties benefit.

                        Some of the biggest brands in the country like Spar do it i am not even going to go into medium sized businesses , and those that are big enough have in house developers so there is no need for the credit link as they probably have a whole development and marketing team employed.

                        If you don't want it don't take it. I don't see why you feel it necessary to stereotype developers as you guys lol.

                        Most webmasters as you will see from the google search i know you wont bother to perform , know this and apply it. Either that or you need to up the quality of people you work with, it sounds like you have had a bad experience.
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                        • adrianh
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                          • Mar 2010
                          • 6328

                          #13
                          Originally posted by New Perspective studio
                          Too much credit ... google some websites you will see it everywhere , its accepted in general, besides most webmaster like the credit link , because it holds the designer accountable for the design standard, and the designer doesn't want work that looks like crap.. because now his name is on it too. So both parties benefit.

                          Some of the biggest brands in the country like Spar do it i am not even going to go into medium sized businesses , and those that are big enough have in house developers so there is no need for the credit link as they probably have a whole development and marketing team employed.

                          If you don't want it don't take it. I don't see why you feel it necessary to stereotype developers as you guys lol.

                          Most webmasters as you will see from the google search i know you wont bother to perform , know this and apply it. Either that or you need to up the quality of people you work with, it sounds like you have had a bad experience.

                          The problem is that YOU PEOPLE are so insecure that you have to put your little notice on everything you touch. You lot are just like photographers - We pay you to do a task - Do it properly and don't try to advertise on our account. YOU PEOPLE think that you are special, you are not. The accountant, doctor, dentist, mechanic, electrician, panel beater, chef, maid, gardener, hell not even the hair stylist get to plonk their little ad on anything they touch, why should you. It is because you are INSECURE. If you were not INSECURE you wouldn't worry about sh!t like that, you would do your work well and know that your customer would recommend you. Anybody that needs to put his little sticker on something that another person paid for is INSECURE. You nor anybody else gets to put their little sticker on anything that I own (I pay for your service so give me my product and get lost)

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                          • HR Solutions
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                            • Mar 2013
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                            #14
                            Originally posted by adrianh
                            The problem is that YOU PEOPLE are so insecure that you have to put your little notice on everything you touch. You lot are just like photographers - We pay you to do a task - Do it properly and don't try to advertise on our account. YOU PEOPLE think that you are special, you are not. The accountant, doctor, dentist, mechanic, electrician, panel beater, chef, maid, gardener, hell not even the hair stylist get to plonk their little ad on anything they touch, why should you. It is because you are INSECURE. If you were not INSECURE you wouldn't worry about sh!t like that, you would do your work well and know that your customer would recommend you. Anybody that needs to put his little sticker on something that another person paid for is INSECURE. You nor anybody else gets to put their little sticker on anything that I own (I pay for your service so give me my product and get lost)

                            LOL ..... straight up

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                            • PlatinumWealth.co.za
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                              • Sep 2016
                              • 291

                              #15
                              I found the blog post about responsive design bit ironic given the fact that your website is not responsive, it's like a hacked bootstrap job.
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