http://www.exclusiverights.net/2009/05/conversion-claim-for-website-fails-because-of-lack-of-ownership-implied-contract/ A copyright law blog covering litigation, policy and academia Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:29:41 -0400 hourly 1 http://www.exclusiverights.net/2009/05/conversion-claim-for-website-fails-because-of-lack-of-ownership-implied-contract/comment-page-1/#comment-32709 JOLT Digest » Conwell v. Gray Loon Outdoor Marketing Group Inc. | Harvard Journal of Law & Technology Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:33:41 +0000 http://www.exclusiverights.net/?p=1698#comment-32709 [...] Ex©lusive Rights and Eric Goldman each provide an overview of the case. Juliet Moringiello summarizes the case, but also criticizes the court for restricting the analysis to copyright law simply because the asset in question is intangible, when they should focus instead on whether the asset “can be exclusively controlled.” After completing POA’s website according to its own design proposal, Gray Loon prepared a second phase of the website in accordance with a subsequent request from POA. When POA later refused to pay the bill for the second phase, Gray Loon posted the second phase website without retaining a copy of the original website. After several more months of non-payment, Gray Loon removed the website completely. Gray Loon then sued POA for non-payment and POA countersued for conversion of the original website. [...] [...] Ex©lusive Rights and Eric Goldman each provide an overview of the case. Juliet Moringiello summarizes the case, but also criticizes the court for restricting the analysis to copyright law simply because the asset in question is intangible, when they should focus instead on whether the asset “can be exclusively controlled.” After completing POA’s website according to its own design proposal, Gray Loon prepared a second phase of the website in accordance with a subsequent request from POA. When POA later refused to pay the bill for the second phase, Gray Loon posted the second phase website without retaining a copy of the original website. After several more months of non-payment, Gray Loon removed the website completely. Gray Loon then sued POA for non-payment and POA countersued for conversion of the original website. [...]

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