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The Corporate Copyright Trap: Why Owning the Company Does Not Mean Owning the Assets

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There is an assumption that cofounds founders, investors, and business owners off guard. It goes like this: “I own 100% of the shares in my corporation. Therefore, I own 100% of everything the...

Collecting Royalties Indicative of Authorship, not Work for Hire

On August 21, 2019, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled in an interesting example of what is deemed “work for hire,” as defined by the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. §201(b), in Morricone...

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