 | Scott - 2007 - 2324 lapas
...identification of the 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... | |
 | Hossein Bidgoli - 2006 - 1008 lapas
...authors of a work, subject to the important work made for hire exception. This exception provides that '"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." Because a sculpture is... | |
 | Tony Laidig - 2006 - 176 lapas
...application 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... | |
 | Kenneth D. Crews - 2006 - 156 lapas
...transfer of the copyright to the employee. The Copyright Act specifies that a WMFH belongs to the employer "unless the parties have expressly agreed otherwise in a written instrument signed by them. 1Z A general policy, however, is "The Policy is patently inadequate to overcome the presumption of... | |
 | Matthias Laier - 2007 - 620 lapas
...work. The authors of a joint work are coowners of copyright in the work. (b) Works Made for Hire - In the case of a work made for hire, the employer...owns all of the rights comprised in the copyright. 17 LSC § 301 Preemption with respect to other laws (a) On and after January l, 1978, all legal or... | |
 | H. Ward Classen - 2007 - 670 lapas
...States Copyright Act. 17 USC § 201(b) (1994). Section 201 of the Copyright Act provides that"[i]n the case of a work made for hire, the employer or...owns all of the rights comprised in the copyright." 17 USC § 201 (b) (1994). Classifying the work as work made for hire determines not only the initial... | |
 | American Bar Association. Section of Business Law. Committee on Corporate Counsel - 2007 - 440 lapas
...authorship vests initially 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...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... | |
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In the case of a work made for hire, the employer or other person for whom the work was prepared is considered the author for purposes of this title, and, unless the parties have expressly agreed otherwise in a written instrument signed by them, owns... 
