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The original author of a creative work is automatically the owner of the copyright. If there are multiple authors of a jointly created work, they are automatically joint owners.
Ownership can be transferred to others. In the USA it can only be done in a signed writing that is recorded in the US Copyright Office.
The ownership of "works made for hire" varies slightly according to national laws. In the USA, for example, an employer is considered the "author" of works done by its employees and thus owns the copyrights. For independent contracts, however, the contractor is the legal author and owns the copyright unless there is a signed document in the proper form to the contrary result, granting "authorship" to the client.
17 USC § 101 Works made for hire - definitions.
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Who owns copyright and how can ownership be transferred?
Unless other arrangements are made, the creator of the work is automatically its copyright holder. Ownership can be transferred by contract, or can be inherited. However, transfer of a copyright is far less common than licensing of the copyright.
Can there be joint ownership of a copyright?
Yes; if you write a book and I illustrate it, we can be co-owners of the copyright.
Copyright ownership of completed films?
Copyright for a completed movie usually resides with the company that produced the film.
What is the present length of US copyright ownership?
Term of copyright is for the life of the creator plus 70 years.
When a party purchases an app from the author the copyright transfers from the author to the buyer. What is this is called?
This is called a copyright assignment or transfer of copyright ownership.
What is the legal protection of ownership to those who write songs?
copyright
Does a museum have the copyright to a painting in their collection that is painted 250 years ago?
No, there is no copyright on anything that old. In addition, the mere ownership of a copy of something (including the original art "copy") has no bearing upon the ownership of the copyright. Copyright ownership is derived exclusively from authorship. This raises interesting questions when a painter doesn't own the paints and canvas upon which he paints, and was commissioned to create a new work to the specifications of a patron.
How do more than one person be on a copyright?
Joint authors of a work are joint owners of the copyright. Also, an author or other owner of a copyright can transfer copyright ownership to any number of other joint owners. Similarly, multiple heirs of an estate may inherit joint or common ownership of the copyrights owned by the decedent.
Which type of ownership is copyright?
A copyright is considered "intangible personal property" and can be owned by one or more persons or a company or a governmental agency.
How and when a person establish a copyright ownership?
A work of sufficient creativity is automatically protected by copyright as soon as it's fixed in a tangible medium.
In the South social prestige and influence were determined by?
the ownership of slaves
How was ownership of land determined according to the Iroquois Constitution?
By birthright.
