snoopy1239
New Member
Hello. I am a UK citizen and currently run a site called blondepedia. This site is presented by and directly linked to a company called blonde poker, which I currently have a small stake in. I worked for blonde poker for three years until recently when the CEO released me as a result of failing finances and cut me from the payroll. I may be asked back in six months time depending on their financial situation.
During my time with blonde poker, I created blondepedia. blondepedia is a database of poker players that offers images from tournaments as well as bios of a number (approx 500) of players. I created this with my brother who is a web designer. I received £500 from blonde poker to give to my brother for designing the site. I received nothing, and only did the work to help the site and hopefully increase the value of my shares. It was a lot of work, and has been since (almost two years now) as I've continued to maintain and add to the database.
Now that I have been (temporarily?) released, I am wondering about my rights to blondepedia and its content. As the sole contributor/creator (apart from my brother and very sporadic contributions from members of the forum and the CEO himself), can claim any kind of ownership of blondepedia?
I believe my brother owns the domain name, but all images are from work I did with blonde poker as a field reporter. Most of the photos will have been taken to me, and most (approx 95%) lack a 'blonde poker' watermark. I uploaded every single one of these images onto the database, without assistance from anyone else.
Can anyone assist/advise to my current rights to blondepedia? Any questions, please ask.
During my time with blonde poker, I created blondepedia. blondepedia is a database of poker players that offers images from tournaments as well as bios of a number (approx 500) of players. I created this with my brother who is a web designer. I received £500 from blonde poker to give to my brother for designing the site. I received nothing, and only did the work to help the site and hopefully increase the value of my shares. It was a lot of work, and has been since (almost two years now) as I've continued to maintain and add to the database.
Now that I have been (temporarily?) released, I am wondering about my rights to blondepedia and its content. As the sole contributor/creator (apart from my brother and very sporadic contributions from members of the forum and the CEO himself), can claim any kind of ownership of blondepedia?
I believe my brother owns the domain name, but all images are from work I did with blonde poker as a field reporter. Most of the photos will have been taken to me, and most (approx 95%) lack a 'blonde poker' watermark. I uploaded every single one of these images onto the database, without assistance from anyone else.
Can anyone assist/advise to my current rights to blondepedia? Any questions, please ask.
