Re: FN-FORUM Portfolio - what are my rights?

date posted 29th January 2003 14:54

I can't see how they can ask you to take it off, don't know the legal
technicalities of it but I can't see then being able to do that. You did the
work and I think it's your right being able to show that on your portfolio.

Best Regards
D Thomas

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Subject: FN-FORUM Portfolio - what are my rights?


> I have a client that I have done freelance webdesign for in the past and
> there is one site in particular that we were both involved with at a
design
> level and I did the site build.
>
> The site was for a client of my client and I have never met the owners of
> the site, so I doubt they know a freelancer worked on it.
>
> Since then I have set up my own company site and have included the website
> in my portfolio. My client has just e-mailed me to say that his "newswire"
> service picked up on this a few days ago.
>
> My client informs me that he reports to his client on "news" featuring
their
> company name and so has asked that I remove the website from my portfolio.
>
> Firstly, what exactly does a newswire service inolve?
>
> Secondly, I do not want to remove the website from my portfolio and we
have
> no contract between us, so what are my rights?
>
> Many thanks for any thoughts,
>
> Adrian