> And as far as I know, both state of PA and US law permit a person to sign away the copywrite on any work they wish to They do, but not until it exists. You c

> And as far as I know, both state of PA and US law permit a person to sign away the copywrite on any work they wish to They do, but not until it exists. You can't sign away work until you've done it, unless it fits the work-for-hire definition. Now, you can write a contract agreeing to transfer the IP afterward, but then you have to actually perform that transfer, and if you don't you can get sued for breach of contract, but not for infringement. It's possible that there's case-law interpreting this type of contract to imply a commitment to transfer IP, but I don't think it's very likely.