This is standard  language to protect their intellectual property rights.  
It is in place to make sure that a client does not let someone else start 
using their ideas and concepts without proper consent.


>From: Erin Gerrity <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Copyright issues
>Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 18:16:03 -0500
>
>We are working with a design firm to develop a new long-term installation
>for our museum. The firm submitted a reasonable proposal to our director
>outlining the details of the project. In reading it we noticed the 
>following
>statement: "All documents produced by (the design firm) under this 
>agreement
>shall remain the property of (the design firm) and may not be used by the
>client for any purpose without the written consent of (the design firm)."
>This stipulation confused us because typically with work for hire, our
>museum has owned the copyright. We feel that our ideas will be incorporated
>equally, if not more so, in the final exhibit design and therefore we 
>should
>at the very least share the copyright.
>Before we bring it up with the firm, I would like to ask if anyone out 
>there
>has experience with this sort of thing and if their stipulation seems like
>standard practice or not. Thanks in advance for your responses!
>
>Erin Gerrity
>Portland Museum
>Louisville, KY
>
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