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Authorship Termination Rights

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Closing the Loan-Out Loophole: Why Copyright Termination Rights Should Extend to Artist-Owned Companies

The copyright termination right is one of the most important protections congress created for authors. It providers creators a “second bite of the apple,” a rare opportunity to reclaim ownership of their copyrights 35 years...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Oh the Horror: No Work for Hire in Friday the 13th Screenplay

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The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a summary judgment grant, ruling that an author was an independent contractor when writing the screenplay for a horror film and entitled to authorship rights, and...more

Sheppard

Italian Film Composer “Scores” for Authors

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The Second Circuit issued a remarkable decision on termination rights under Sections 203 and 304(c) of the Copyright Act that seemingly, whether knowingly or otherwise, limits the Act’s extraterritorial reach. Ennio Morricone...more

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