I am going to outsource a website design project to another person but want to remain the owner of the website so I can put it in my portfolio. How can I own the copyright of this website? Im in the UK.

I am going to outsource a website design project to another person but want to remain the owner of the website so I can put it in my portfolio. How can I own the copyright of this website? Im in the UK.Stipulate everything in your contract with your outsourcing party (you own rights, work is for-hire, etc.). Done :)

Thanks do I just write this or does it need to be checked by a lawyer or something.

Thanks do I just write this or does it need to be checked by a lawyer or something.It's never a wrong decision to check with a lawyer, but if you express in writing that all rights are yours, including all rights regarding credit for workmanship, and that the designer must remain anonymous, then you should be fine. Just write out, in very clear terms, what you're expecting out of your relationship with the designer.

It's possible you may be required to pay more as a result. It's not uncommon to charge more for rights extending to credit, since you're essentially taking away a means through which the designer markets him or her self. It's not uncommon for costs to go up anywhere from 150% to 10x, depending on the nature of the work (for graphic design only, probably the lower end of pricing - for custom Web application development where all licensing transfers ownership, such that the owner can reuse, resell and redistribute, that's where you start getting into the 1000%+ increases).

So, hash it all out with the designer, and see where things go!

copyright on website design is one of the good idea.
As many people copy others template.
to have unique template this is one of the good idea.
great idea.

It's never a wrong decision to check with a lawyer, but if you express in writing that all rights are yours, including all rights regarding credit for workmanship, and that the designer must remain anonymous, then you should be fine. Just write out, in very clear terms, what you're expecting out of your relationship with the designer.

It's possible you may be required to pay more as a result. It's not uncommon to charge more for rights extending to credit, since you're essentially taking away a means through which the designer markets him or her self. It's not uncommon for costs to go up anywhere from 150% to 10x, depending on the nature of the work (for graphic design only, probably the lower end of pricing - for custom Web application development where all licensing transfers ownership, such that the owner can reuse, resell and redistribute, that's where you start getting into the 1000%+ increases).



So, hash it all out with the designer, and see where things go!

Thanks for the very useful advice.

copyright on website design is one of the good idea.
As many people copy others template.
to have unique template this is one of the good idea.
great idea.

Did you read the first post?

Always better to have legal protection for all sites that a person owns. I have come across people who had suffered losses for the simple reason that they did not think it was necessary to have a legal document stating that the site was theirs.
Some people out there are keen on making out most from someone else's work and your question could not have had a better timing than it did !

Have the designer sign a Non Disclosure Agreement, stating that the work must remain on his part anonymous and that you hold the future rights to showcase it as your own work in your own portfolio.

This is industry standard when agencies outsource.

;6550035']Did you read the first post?
It's a spammer, mate. :P