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Who owns the copyrights in works made for hire?

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Who owns the copyrights in works made for hire?

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The copyright statute provides that the owner of copyrights in a “work for hire” is the party for whom the work was created, not the party that actually created the work. What is a work for hire? The statute defines a work for hire as (1) a work prepared by an employee within the scope of his or her employment; or (2) a work prepared for another if the parties enter into a written “work for hire” agreement and the works consist of contributions to a collective work, translations, instructional or explanatory texts, and certain other materials specified in the statute. Thus, if an employee prepares a work within the scope of his or her employment, the employer and not the employee is considered to be the author and the copyright owner. Consultants or independent contractors, on the other hand, generally retain the copyrights in the works that they create in the absence of a work for hire agreement. We have advised employers, employees and independent contractors regarding copyright matt

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