Questions tagged [copyright-transfer]
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Who owns copyright on works found in a storage unit/attic?
So in this question the OP bought the contents of a storage unit whose owner had failed to keep up with payments. In it they found an unpublished manuscript, which they thought was pretty cool and wanted to publish it.
There are answers and…
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How can a different company make a sequel if the original game company goes bankrupt?
Say a game company goes bankrupt but another company wants to make a sequel. Is it possible for the other company to obtain rights to make a sequel?
Who would they even contact about this?
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If I add a copyright disclaimer to my app, am I exempt of charges?
I'm creating a Pokemon Wiki app for Android with a lot of data related to Pokemon, including images, names etc. I've seen in the Google Play store a lot of apps like mine that contains ads and in-app purchases. Also, I've noticed that all these apps…
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How does copyrights work for mobile/web applications?
If a mobile/web developer creates an application like Uber, then sells it to a company, and the company also wants the copyrights for the application, what happens if after few months another company comes to developer and asks for a new similar…
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When an author sells the underlying copyright to a third party, where does the publisher now send the royalties?
A book publishing contract typically starts with an author who owns a copyright and licenses it to a publisher for the term of the copyright. The publisher (or the literary agent) sends royalty checks to the author. (I'm using royalties as a…
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Moral rights / attribution for software written for a company
I understand that software written during a employment/contract with a Company belongs to said Company (e.g. they hold the copyright to software source code and other IP produced during the course of the employment/contract).
The question is: how…
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Can companies use code that I wrote during a coding interview in their products?
Suppose a company's programmers are struggling to code a portion of a complex program. HR orders the questions of an upcoming interview to be replaced with that of the unfinished complex program. It is never mentioned in the new question's statement…
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What is required to transfer copyright when purchasing an original work (with out a contract)?
So this is a follow on question to this.
Lets say I buy an original art work (e.g., a painting, not a print) I would expect that the right to make reproductions would now transfer to myself; and would be rather upset if afterwards, the author…
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Can a 15 year old transfer copyright?
I have an artist working on some things for me and I've just found out that they are 15.
In the UK, can a 15 year old legally sign over copyright to another person?
The assumptions made by me are 1. A minor can hold copyright 2. A minor cannot…
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How the rights of the DotA map could be transferred to Valve?
Dota (Defense of the Ancients), was a Warcraft 3 custom map that got the rights transferred to Valve in 2010 when two of their developers (Eul and IceFrog) were hired by Valve. However, Warcraft 3's terms of use forbid commercial use of custom maps…
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How to make an indie app to "belong" to the legal company?
Lets say I have a created an app that I now want to start a company for. Company will be a 1-person company who's only product will be this app. What will define that from now on the app's intellectual property belongs to the company? Is it a…
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If a copyrighted article is published in a copyrighted platform, then who own the copyright?
For example, this article Law and Ideology is posted in the platform Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. In the bottom of the article it cites:
Copyright © 2019 by Christine Sypnowich christine.sypnowich@queensu.ca
And in the bottom of the site…
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Can you duplicate copyright for a copyright transfer?
Normally, when you do a copyright transfer, you're no longer the holder of the copyright, and thus cannot make a copyright claim (in other words, cannot assert copyright in the source code; but can still nonetheless make an authorship claim, as many…
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Copyright transfer on death where copyright cannot be transferred?
The wikipedia page on Copyright transfer mentions that in "some countries, a transfer of copyright is not legally allowed, and only licensing is possible".
Does this also apply to the copyright after death (in such jurisdictions)? Do only the…
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File copyright header after copyright transfer
It's a common practice to put a copyright header into each file like Copyright 2020 The Company Ltd. All rights reserved where the year is the year the file got created (and not last updated).
How should the copyright header look like if the…
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