On January 28, 2009 at 11:53, schueydoo said...
I agree, with most CI's here, that any article printed,
should consult one or more copyright attorney's opinion
on the matter. To present an opinion of your's or your
magazine's without such input by professionals would be
less than prudent. You need to realize that people tend
to believe what is printed, and take it as fact. And
without facts presented by professionals, the article
would do a disservice to CI's, and consumers alike.
There are definitely some interesting legal issues here, and I am pursuing them, but that's not what this story is about.
It's not what RIGHTS the client has or what they're ENTITLED to. It's about knowing the issues before you hire an installer.
Currently, the thought would never occur to a customer that all programming could be lost, and systems rendered useless, if they can't provide the source code to a different installer.
As a consumer, I would like to know that this is an issue I should bring up with the contractor, and that there are some programmers that WILL release the code (for a fee, in escrow or whatever) and others that will not part with it in any circumstances.
I personally would base my selection of integrators on this issue.
