Which License Should I Use?

Mike Meyer mwm at mired.org
Tue Nov 29 18:35:19 EST 2005


"Andrew Koenig" <ark at acm.org> writes:
> "Mike Meyer" <mwm at mired.org> wrote in message 
> news:86oe45d8rj.fsf at bhuda.mired.org...
>> Definitely not. The most recent change to the copyright laws made
>> works of music recorded to fullfill a contract "work for hire" by
>> default.
> If there's a contract -- i.e., a written agreement, then why does it matter?

The default applies if the contract doesn't say who owns the
work. This was a move by the recording companies so they could get
ownership of works simply by not saying who owned it.

          <mike
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