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U.S. Copyright Office - Information Circular (1192 words) |
 | Whether or not a particular work is made for hire is determined by the relationship between the parties. |
| If a work is a work made for hire, the employer or other person for whom the work was prepared is the author and should be named as the author in Space 2 of the application for copyright registration. |
| If a work is a work made for hire, the employer or other person for whom the work was prepared is the initial owner of the copyright unless there has been a written agreement to the contrary signed by both parties. |
| 05/25/00 Committee on the Judiciary - Peters Statement re Work for Hire (5453 words) |
| Works prepared by employees in the course of their employment are categorized as works made for hire, with authorship, and thus ownership as well, recognized in the employer. |
| The renewal copyright in a work made for hire belonged not to the person who created that work, but to the proprietor of the copyright at the end of the first term, who would be either the original employer or someone who had obtained the copyright from the employer. |
| However, the fact that work-for-hire agreements and copyright registrations as works for hire have been made does not lead to the legal conclusion that the sound recordings that are the subjects of those agreements and registrations are indeed works made for hire. |
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