>You'll need to check with a computer law attorney in the Phillipines to determine what the law is there. Here in the United States, if the developer is an employee of the company, the company owns the copyright. If it is a work for hire, such as a consultant, then the consultant owns the copyright.

It's my understanding that the words "work for hire" totally change the meaning of any contract, and therefore, copyrights end up with the company that "hired" the consultant. However, if you don't have a contract .. or the contract doesn't say "work for hire" and doesn't say specifically who gets the copyright .. the copyright defaults to the author. But then again .. I'm not a lawyer <g>.

Cathy