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Who Legally Owns A Website Once It’s Designed?

“I paid a professional web designer to create my site, of course I own it!” – this is probably the belief that almost every website client holds. It makes perfect sense – you paid someone to develop a website for you. Why then would you not own what you paid for?

The legal reality is that a website is built with many assembled parts and you may be surprised to learn who owns each part. Red Website Design has created an infographic on website terminology that acts as a guide to what you really own and what you’re really just leasing. Check it out below.

Who Owns A Website Once It’s Designed? - Terminology, Legality And Intellectual Property

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