...or "(2) a work specially ordered or commissioned for use as a contribution to a collective work, as part of a motion picture or other audiovisual work,...the work shall be considered a work made for hire." absence of any statutory definition of "employee" or "employment," the courts have held the essential...

...employment"; and — specially ordered or commissioned works in certain specified categories, when the parties agree in a written instrument signed by them "that...the work shall be considered a work made for hire." Section 302(c) provides that the copyright in a work made for hire shall continue for 75 years from...

...as a supplementary work, as a compilation, as an instructional text, as a test, BE answer notarial for a test, or as an atlas, if the parties expressly...signed by them that the work shall be considered a work for hire." The purpose of the work-made-for—hire provisions is to protect the rights of individual...

...ordered or commissioned for use as a contribution to a collective work [ie, a magazine or anthology] ... if the parties expressly agree in a written instrument...the work shall be considered a work made for hire. The employer and not the writer is considered the author of a work made for hire. In other words, when...

...supplementary work, as a compilation, as an instructional text, as a test, as answer material for a tesc, or as an atlas, if the parties expressly agree in a written instrument signed by then that the work shall be considered a work made for hire." The purpose of the work-made-for-hire...

...[anl . . . audiovisual work, as a translation, as a supplementary work, [orl as a compilation, ... if the parties expressly agree in a written instrument...that the work shall be considered a work made for hire.358 354. 17U.SC §201(al. 355. Brattleboro Publ'g Co. v. Winmill Publ'g Corp., 369 F.2d 565, 567...

...considered the author." What is a "Work Made for Hire"? A "work made for hire" is defined as ( I ) "a work prepared by an employee within the scope of...agree in a written instrument signed by them that the works shall be considered a work made for hire." If you have checked "Yes" to indicate that the work...

...constitute a work made for hire is with respect to "specially ordered or commissioned" works provided "the parties expressly agree in a written instrument...the work shall be considered a work made for hire." The existence of a special order and an express written agreement between the parties, however, is...

...the copyright laws, for example, "an instructional text" or an atlas. Further, "the parties [must] expressly agree in a written instrument signed by...that the work shall be considered a work made for hire."8' For an employe e's work to be considered one that is "made for hire," the work must be "prepared...

...motion of picture or other audiovisual work, as a translation, as a supplementary work, as a completion, as an instructional text, as a test, as answer material...the work shall be considered a work made for hire. 234 l7 USC §§ 20l(a) and (b) (l988). l989, the US Supreme Court settled a long-standing split among...