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Work
For
Hire
Copyrights are created when an author
creates a copyrightable work in a fixed medium.
The copyright immediately becomes the property of the individual who
created the work or, if the work is "made for hire" (as not-quite-intuitively
statutorily defined), the employer.
A work is a "work made for
hire" (whereby the employer, not the employee, is considered the author
and thus copyright owner) when:
1.
(Single prong) The work was prepared by an employee (not all "hired"
persons are employees) within the scope of his or her employment; or
2.
(Double prong)
a.
The parties expressly agree in a written instrument signed by them that the
work shall be considered a work made for hire, and
b.
The work was specially ordered or commissioned for use as a:
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Contribution to a collective work
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Part of a motion picture or other audiovisual work
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Translation
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Supplemental work
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Compilation
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Instructional text
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Test
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Answer material for a test
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