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And after that the copyright transfer was inserted into contracts.

• shub 8y ago
  Not necessarily. At least for writing gigs my wife has done, often they involve assigning all rights but not ownership to the client. This is spelled out in the contract, I imagine to avoid controversy over whether there was "work for hire" or not. On the other hand, every dev job I've taken has had me sign a thing saying that the work I do is work for hire and the employer owns the copyright. Seems fair, they're giving me a paycheck after all.
  • crystaln 8y ago
    Would this artist have made any money if they had assigned all rights and not ownership to the client? No. So what's the difference?
    • shub 8y ago
      In practice, none. I just think contract law is interesting.
• pasquinelli 8y ago
  unless it can be inserted into a handshake agreement, that's not really relevant to this case.