Copyright law offers exceptions for archives and museums to reproduce copyrighted works without infringing. This means that archivists can focus on preserving and maintaining valuable materials whose owners might be difficult to track down or who might otherwise...
Read Part I of this article, in which the concept of authorship is described and the idea of work for hire is introduced. Read part II of this article, in which we understand the problem that the work for hire doctrine seeks to solve. We have no idea about whether a...
The legal innovation (or legal hacking) movement has been gaining steam in the past couple of years. Technologists, investors, and attorneys have been focusing on how to improve the delivery and quality of legal services. This movement has the potential to have a huge...
Let’s start from the beginning here. In short, and at the risk of sounding grandiose: I’m on a mission, and the goal of that mission is to help creative professionals and businesses use the law to their advantage. Whether that means writing books or blog posts or...
Under art consignment agreements, an artist will give a gallery or dealer a work of art to sell on the artist’s behalf. The gallery pays no money up front, and instead pays the artist when the painting sells. Many artists have these types of agreements with their...
We continue our discussion of work for hire agreements by addressing “termination rights” and why they matter in the work for hire context. Read Part I of this article, in which the concept of authorship is described and the idea of work for hire is introduced. Read...
