Web Developer's liability to client's infractions?
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 10:51 pm
I have been sent some content to be copy/pasted into my clients web site, including links to pages of where to grab images from. I didn't think twice about the content due to it being sent as word documents (no real proof, but not an obvious 'go here and steal that text'), but when I went to look at the images a little closer i noticed that most if not all the content I was sent was taken nearly verbatim from the page the images were coming from. Essentially, a complete copy of the page.
Am I able to be held liable in any way for things such as these? Who's responsibility is it to check out the copyrights on images and content provided to web developers? I have spoken with my client about this a few times when they've asked me to grab an image from a website... For now I am continuing to work and I am going to assume all copyrights have been cleared, but I wanted to throw this out there to see what others think..
just a note, I am in Canada, so US laws (afaik) wouldn't apply..
Am I able to be held liable in any way for things such as these? Who's responsibility is it to check out the copyrights on images and content provided to web developers? I have spoken with my client about this a few times when they've asked me to grab an image from a website... For now I am continuing to work and I am going to assume all copyrights have been cleared, but I wanted to throw this out there to see what others think..
just a note, I am in Canada, so US laws (afaik) wouldn't apply..