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Copyright on a Website: Who Owns the Code, Design, Photos, and Text?
Who owns the code, design, photographs, and text on your website? A short overview of copyright in the different parts of a website, with links to more detailed articles.
Vibe Coding for Web Developers: Who Owns AI-Written Code and Who Is Liable
Who owns AI-generated code, what can you actually license to a client, and who is liable for defects and security in a site built with vibe coding? A practical guide for web developers, including obligations under the AI Act.
I paid an architect for a project – can I build from it and change it? What does the Supreme Court say?
You paid an architect for a study or a project – and now you are wondering whether you can build from it, alter the design and hand it over to an authority or another company without their further consent? This is exactly the everyday situation the Supreme Court dealt with in judgment No. 27 Cdo 2857/2019. We explain what the client may do with an architectural work even without a separate licence, where the limit lies, and why the architect cannot charge extra afterwards (for instance through a reservation on an invoice).
IP Scan Case Study: Who Owns a Custom Website When Subcontractors Built Parts of It?
An IP scan case study: a web studio granted its clients an exclusive license to every part of the deliverable, yet had nothing in writing from its subcontractors. How rights to code, graphics, photographs, copy, and video actually work - and why you cannot pass on more than you hold.
Renovating a property as a change to a copyrighted work: when you need the architect's consent
Renovating a property can, under the Copyright Act, be an interference with an architectural work. When can you carry out a conversion, an added storey or a facade change even without the architect's consent thanks to the statutory licence under Section 38d, and when must you ask for consent in advance? And why may it determine whether the architect sues you to have a finished conversion removed?
Which buildings are copyrighted works? When is architecture protected by copyright?
Not every building is a copyrighted work. Which buildings and architectural designs does the Copyright Act protect, what does the condition of uniqueness and creative activity mean, and when does a building enjoy no copyright protection at all?