Just a quick question - who does the copyright of designs rest with when you are a architectiral contractor(ARCHITECT) (and not an employee). If you were to design a house for one project, and then that house were to be mass produced for a totally different development, who should hold the copyright. The contractor, or the business you contracted to when the original design was produced(for a different project)? Thanks
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Some links:
http://www.arbv.vic.gov.au/PDF/brochure_wwya.pdf
http://www.copyright.org.au/pdf/acc/book_tocs/b056v02.pdf
www.lovegroveandlord.com.au/Text/1116985771328-4030/uploadedFiles/1196750868661-5227.pdf
This is UK law, but it may be the same here:
"Who owns the design right?
Typically the creator of the design owns any rights in it, except where the work was commissioned or created during the course of employment, in which case the rights belong to the employer or party that commissioned the work."
www.copyrightservice.co.uk/protect/p15_design_rights