Moritz Roettinger <moritz.roettinger[_at_]dg23.cec.be> wrote:
>
> As far as "works made for hire" are concerned, can't you say - also
> according to US law - that this is a so-called "legal license", i.e.
> copyright belongs in the moment of creation to the author who is by
> law obliged to license it to the employer etc.?
Many works today are the product of teams -- movies, for instance -- where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. The author is the filmmaker that organized, financed, etc. Employees are not free to create whatever they choose.
Albert Henderson, Editor, PUBLISHING RESEARCH QUARTERLY <70244.1532[_at_]compuserve.com> Received on Mon Sep 14 1998 - 20:36:11 GMT
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