XPost: rec.arts.tv, rec.arts.sf.tv   
   From: candid@dontbother.invalid   
      
   aemeijers wrote:   
   > Thanatos wrote:   
   >> I'll admit I'm not all that familiar with the architecture trade but I   
   >> can't believe that if I hire someone to design a house for me, I have   
   >> to pay a continuing royalty to the guy forever just for using it, as   
   >> does anyone to whom I subsequently sell it.   
   >   
   > You can sell the HOUSE. You can't sell the working blueprints without   
   > permission from the architect. You own the house, he owns the   
   > intellectual property of the design, unless it was also assigned to you   
   > as part of the original contract.   
      
   Which is silly, as I explained in another post. True, for now, but silly.   
      
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