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No because I never filed. However, I did consult with a couple attorney's, who were confident on about the collection, but it was going to cost a fortune. I have since redone my contract to prevent it in the future per their advice. Now, I can file in my own state.
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but it was going to cost a fortune

Bingo! You can listen to all the armchair lawyers you want but the real lawyers want to get paid for their time. Yeah, yeah, I know, you can have them pay the attorney fees...blah, blah, blah. :)

Truth and Justice has merit, but having deeper pockets than your adversary helps a great deal when it comes to the legal system.

So did you include in the contract that you retain rights to the websites they pay you to create for them?
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Rights are for the most part passed on, but not until the completion of the project (which must be signed off on), and all legal disputes are handled in my state regardless of where the other party is. That way I don't have to pay the lawyer fees and I can file the stuff myself.
The philosopher has not done philosophy until he has acted upon the mere conviction of his idea; for proof of the theory is in the act, not the idea.

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Ah, that sounds like a pretty good setup. :)
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The Philosopher wrote:
...That is, assuming your in the states.

Going by the website Miniboo did (looks good too), she's not in the "United States of America" but in the "Dis-United States of Australia".

Like david says, a dialogue with the other party would help, and if they decide to have the site rebuilt from scratch you could ask them to not use any of your intellectual property.
I think Tom's suggestion about walking away with grace might well be the best choice.
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Of legal value or not. Get your bluff in as soon as you can. If nothing else they will think you own the rights, And will be a little more willing to work with you as long as you don't ask for too much.

-------- This Website Designed by Miniboo --------
This website was built and donated by Miniboo
Art and design rights reserved by Miniboo
---------------------------------------------------------------

Put something like the above in small letters on the bottom of each page. For sure on the home page. If you can get that on the website and keep it there long enough it will be logged by waybackmachine.org. You can also get it in a website wiki like the one at domaintools.com which you can enter it yourself. I have websites in there going back a few years.

However, if you did it for free you already gave it to them and should not want anything in return. Maybe a thank you. But if they are being jerks you have the same right to be just like them.
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Sorry for going off topic, but thanks for the info about "waybackmachine.org".
I went back to look at my site in 2002 - I'm still cringing with embarassment!
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I always put the following lines in the source when I do projects and remove or modify them after I've been paid. No one has every challenged me on it. But I've never asked for much $$ if a customer or charity decides to go elsewhere. :cool:


<meta name="author" content="Levi Abbott, LLC Phone:(402) 261-2997 Website: www.leviabott.com email: levi@leviabbott.com />
<meta name="copyright" content="This work is copyrighted - Levi Abbott, LLC - 2010 - All Rights Reserved />
<!-- Modification and/or duplication of scripts or code without prior consent is a violation of license and prohibited -->


On large projects I also require a signed contract, that specifies whether my work is done under license or as work for hire. I charge 4x more for work for hire since I can't retain any copies at the end of the contract.
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Zipper wrote:
Sorry for going off topic, but thanks for the info about "waybackmachine.org".
I went back to look at my site in 2002 - I'm still cringing with embarassment!


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Just check out Coffee Cup's first effort and you'll feel much better. ;)

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.coffeecup.com

To be fair, pretty much anybody's site from the early web looks amateurish, today.

I do love that birds on a wire divider line on the old Coffee Cup site, though :)

http://web.archive.org/web/19961101024801/www.coffeecup.com/gif/birds.gif

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It looks as if Miniboo also has the site running off her own domain, so if that's the case, I would do as Jo Ann says, and never let anyone else have access to her server.
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