copyright ownership transfer

• Commentary: Authors or Heirs May Be Able to Terminate Transfer of Copyright Ownership

This column is not sexy or funny, but it's really important if you represent older authors or the families of deceased authors. And even if you don't now, you may one day and when you do, you will need to know that authors and their heirs very often have the ability to terminate a transfer of copyright ownership and take back the copyright. When the 1976 Copyright Act was enacted by Congress it was determined to give authors, or their heirs, a chance to recapture the ownership of copyrights previously transferred; a second bite of the apple, so to speak. This means that if a copyrighted work originally sold for a pittance and later became famous and valuable, the author could reclaim the work and resell or license it for a price representative of its current value.

• Daily Record and the Kansas City Daily News-Press
• February 06, 2006

• 17 USC 205 - Sec. 205. Recordation of transfers and other documents

...- Any transfer of copyright ownership or other document pertaining to a copyright may be...

• U.S. Code - Title 17: Copyrights

• Commentary: Authors or Heirs May Be Able to Terminate Transfer of Copyright Ownership

This column is not sexy or funny, but it's really important if you represent older authors or the families of deceased authors. And even if you don't ...

• The Daily Record (Baltimore)
• February 03, 2006

• Transfer of Copyright Ownership

Copyright, like other forms of tangible and intangible property, can be transferred inter vivos or upon death from the author or initial copyright ...

• Copyright Law
• Chapter 4: Ownership of Copyright

• 17 USC 204 - Sec. 204. Execution of transfers of copyright ownership

• U.S. Code - Title 17: Copyrights

• Saregama India Ltd vs Timothy Mosley, et al, (11th Cir. 2011)

... Judge: This case concerns a copyright infringement action brought by Saregama India Ltd.... it, in March 1995, Gramophone transferred all of its copyrights to Gramco Music Publishing P..., we only address the copyright ownership issue. . “Initial ownership of a copyright...

• Federal Circuits

• 17 USC 202 - Sec. 202. Ownership of copyright as distinct from ownership of material object

...Transfer of ownership of any material object, including the...

• U.S. Code - Title 17: Copyrights

• 37 CFR 201.8 - Disruption of postal or other transportation or communication services.

...(2) With respect to a transfer of copyright ownership or other document submitted...

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 37: Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights

• 17 USC 201 - Sec. 201. Ownership of copyright

...In the absence of an express transfer of the copyright or of any rights under it, the ow...

• U.S. Code - Title 17: Copyrights

• Community Property and the Copyright Act: Rodrigue s Recognition of a Community Interest in Economic Benefits

Introduction I. Rodrigue v. Rodrigue II. Supreme Court Preemption of Community Property Laws A. Hisquierdo v. Hisquierdo B. Mccarty v. Mccarty C. The Dissenting Opinions D. Congressional Reaction and Observation III. Calming The Fears of Intellectual Property Scholars A. Transfer of Copyright Ownership. B. Co-Ownership and Marketability IV. Application of Hisquierdo's Two-Part Test A. Whether the Right as Asserted Conflicts with the Express Terms of Federal Law B. Whether its Consequences Sufficiently Injure the Objectives of the Federal Program to Require Non-recognition V. The Problem of Valuation VI. Conclusion

• Louisiana Law Review
• Nbr. 61-3, April 2001