Legal Question in Intellectual Property in Virginia

Copywrite infringement?
A company I worked for was to be interviewed by a small local paper as a paid advertisement/feature article and the writer was in a car accident. The newspaper asked if my boss had anyone who could write the article and I agreed. It was published in my name in 2005. I recently reviewed their website and exerpts from my newspaper article are verbatim on the site. At the end of each page reads ''All names, images, products, pages, designs, and slogans copywrite [name of salon], 2006. All rights reserved.''
As I am the author and the article was published with me acting as a newspaper employee -vs- a salon employee, doesn't this belong to me? I am a hairstylist and writing articles was not part of my job description or contract. They also modeled their new menu after the one that I created at home and used exact verbage from my menu to describe services.
Please advise.

Asked on 10/27/06, 9:47 pm

Michael Stewart Michael D. Stewart

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Re: Copywrite infringement?

Did you enter into a contract with your employer?

Answered on 10/29/06, 8:07 pm

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