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Watch out for "work-for-hire doctrine" erm... assumptions. Last time I looked work-for-hire law only takes effect if there is explicit mention of the term "wor
by creer 2y ago
Watch out for "work-for-hire doctrine" erm... assumptions.
Last time I looked work-for-hire law only takes effect if there is explicit mention of the term "work-for-hire" in the contract, otherwise it's not "work-for-hire". And I have never seen a contract actually mention "work-for-hire".
Do current employment contracts state "work-for-hire"?
- creer 2y agoOhhh, I was wrong. Seems there are two categories where work made for hire applies. One is specifically for work made by an employee (with some constraints / definitions on that) for work made within their scope of employment. The other category requires explicit mention of "work for hire". So that a conventional employee is covered, but a contractor / consultant with a separate business probably isn't.