http://www.meryl.net/2008/07/do-you-own-the-rights-to-your-site/ Content on writing, tech, business, marketing, web design. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:49:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.meryl.net/2008/07/do-you-own-the-rights-to-your-site/#comment-805277 Paige Eissinger Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:00:05 +0000 http://www.meryl.net/?p=3003#comment-805277 <p>Before I took up web design, I used to design and develop customized training packages for businesses who received funding from the state to provide training for their employees. Since the training was customized, the companies I worked with almost always wanted to make sure they owned the finished product and could do with it what they wanted once the initial training was finished. In that case, the state owned the training material since they were paying for the design/development. In some cases, the companies actually bypassed funding in order to own the finished product. Thanks, Travis, for making the difference between owning a domain and owning the website content more clear. Yes, you always want to own your domain but you also want to make sure you own the content of the website that's attached to it. Nothing is worse than having someone design a logo for your website that really identifies your business, then finding out that you lose that logo if you decide to change web design/development companies.</p> Before I took up web design, I used to design and develop customized training packages for businesses who received funding from the state to provide training for their employees. Since the training was customized, the companies I worked with almost always wanted to make sure they owned the finished product and could do with it what they wanted once the initial training was finished. In that case, the state owned the training material since they were paying for the design/development. In some cases, the companies actually bypassed funding in order to own the finished product. Thanks, Travis, for making the difference between owning a domain and owning the website content more clear. Yes, you always want to own your domain but you also want to make sure you own the content of the website that’s attached to it. Nothing is worse than having someone design a logo for your website that really identifies your business, then finding out that you lose that logo if you decide to change web design/development companies.

]]> http://www.meryl.net/2008/07/do-you-own-the-rights-to-your-site/#comment-805276 John Hewitt Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:43:18 +0000 http://www.meryl.net/?p=3003#comment-805276 <p>I always bought my own domains. I actually own about a dozen domains, just because I want to be sure I keep the rights to them.</p> I always bought my own domains. I actually own about a dozen domains, just because I want to be sure I keep the rights to them.

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