The author examines the works made for hire doctrine and the confusion that has arisen in the federal courts over it. The author reviews the development of the doctrine and recent case law interpreting its codification in the 1976 Copyright Act. He concludes that, although the U.S. Supreme Court may render a decision on the doctrine, Congresional legislation would be the best course for its clarification
It has been more than 15 years since the U.S. Supreme Court, in its landmark decision in Community f...
The current work for hire doctrine, as embodied by 17 U.S.C. Sections 101 and 201 and interpreted by...
Authorship and ownership exist in a curious relation in U.S. copyright law. In theory and common sen...
The author examines the works made for hire doctrine and the confusion that has arisen in the fede...
Prior to the Supreme Court\u27s 1989 decision in Community for Creative Non-Violence v. Reid, the C...
Authorship, and hence, initial ownership of copyrighted works is oftentimes controlled by the 1976 C...
The Copyright Law of the United States (CLUS) protects the creation of all literary and artistic wor...
Often, a copyrighted work is not created by one or even two authors but, instead, by a multitude of ...
In order to protect authors and artists from unremunerative transfers of copyright, Congress for the...
This comment argues that the best way to clarify the answer to the question Who\u27s the author? (...
U.S. copyright law mandates the employer is both the author and owner of any work created by an empl...
Corporations have long held core aspects of legal personhood, such as rights to own and divest prope...
The current work for hire doctrine, as embodied by 17 U.S.C. Sections 101 and 201 and interpreted by...
The work for hire doctrine is a legal mechanism by which the creator of an artistic work’s employer ...
This Essay focuses on the interrelation of three legal doctrines that affect the allocation of owner...
It has been more than 15 years since the U.S. Supreme Court, in its landmark decision in Community f...
The current work for hire doctrine, as embodied by 17 U.S.C. Sections 101 and 201 and interpreted by...
Authorship and ownership exist in a curious relation in U.S. copyright law. In theory and common sen...
The author examines the works made for hire doctrine and the confusion that has arisen in the fede...
Prior to the Supreme Court\u27s 1989 decision in Community for Creative Non-Violence v. Reid, the C...
Authorship, and hence, initial ownership of copyrighted works is oftentimes controlled by the 1976 C...
The Copyright Law of the United States (CLUS) protects the creation of all literary and artistic wor...
Often, a copyrighted work is not created by one or even two authors but, instead, by a multitude of ...
In order to protect authors and artists from unremunerative transfers of copyright, Congress for the...
This comment argues that the best way to clarify the answer to the question Who\u27s the author? (...
U.S. copyright law mandates the employer is both the author and owner of any work created by an empl...
Corporations have long held core aspects of legal personhood, such as rights to own and divest prope...
The current work for hire doctrine, as embodied by 17 U.S.C. Sections 101 and 201 and interpreted by...
The work for hire doctrine is a legal mechanism by which the creator of an artistic work’s employer ...
This Essay focuses on the interrelation of three legal doctrines that affect the allocation of owner...
It has been more than 15 years since the U.S. Supreme Court, in its landmark decision in Community f...
The current work for hire doctrine, as embodied by 17 U.S.C. Sections 101 and 201 and interpreted by...
Authorship and ownership exist in a curious relation in U.S. copyright law. In theory and common sen...