...form: • The author. This is either the person who actually created the work or, if the work was made for hire, the employer or other person for whom the work was prepared. • The copyright claimant. The copyright claimant is defined in Copyright Office regulations as either...

...copyright claimant. The copyright claimant is either the author of the work (including, in a work made for hire, the employer or other person for whom the work was prepared),922 or the person or organization to whom the copyright has been transferred.923 If the claimant...

...in the author(s) upon creation of the work. (17 USC § 201(a).) However, in the case of a "work made for hire," the employer or other person for whom the work was prepared is considered to be the author of the work (unless the parties agreed otherwise in a writing signed by them), and...

...owned the copyright. The Court found for the defendant.] JUSTICE MARSHALL for the Court: If the work is for hire, "the employer or other person for whom the work was prepared is considered the author" and owns the copyright, unless there is a written agreement to the contrary. ... The contours of the...

...prepared by an employee within the scope of employment or a specially ordered or commissioned work, the employer or other person for whom the work was prepared is considered the author. 2.3.2 Can copyright be transferred from the author or owner to another party? Yes, any and all of the...