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Keep it legal: Risk in volunteering

By Tim Waldron, Third Sector, 13 June 2007

Recently, one of my charity clients found itself perched precariously on the horns of this dilemma: a dedicated and enthusiastic volunteer offered to realise part of its marketing strategy by creating a new website.

Many hours of unpaid labour resulted in a revitalised online presence that began to attract an increasing number of hits. Unfortunately, one of those hits was by an agency engaged by an international image library to protect its intellectual property. In creating the website, the volunteer had uploaded images from...

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