Re: Assignment of Copyright in Cyberspace

From: Cumbow, Robert-SEA <CUMBR[_at_]PerkinsCoie.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 13:13:00 -0700

Juliann Krute <juliann[_at_]people-are.strange.com> wrote:
>
> Author A starts a ... non-profit web page .... Author A gets
> bored with the project, Author B offers to maintain the pages and update
> them, etc. Author A says in an online chat "I can't be bothered to
> update the pages anymore but I don't care if you want to go ahead."
> Has an effective transfer of copyright taken place?

In the United States, the answer would be no---a signed writing is required to trasnfer ownership of copyright.

Bob Cumbow
<cumbr[_at_]perkinscoie.com> Received on Tue Apr 07 1998 - 20:13:37 GMT

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