license <-> copyright

[none]

This is not legal advice, no attorney-client relationship is hereby
established, etc. etc.

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Cowan" <jcowan at reutershealth.com>
To: "Toon Knapen" <toon at si-lab.com>
Cc: "license" <license-discuss at opensource.org>
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 12:48 PM
Subject: Re: license <-> copyright


> Toon Knapen wrote:
>
>
> > unless, I assume, one gives the copyright to the
> > other person from the moment the 'work' is created.
> > Since in this case the copyright is never owned by
> > the person who created the 'work'(is that
> > legal/possible), there is never a
> > transfer and thus no administration is necessary
>
> No, it's still necessary unless the creator is your
> employee and the work is done in the scope of his
> employment.
>

Just as a supplement - the original author and owner can also include other
parties besides an employer, namely a person who commissions a particular
work - see, e.g., the definition of "works made for hire" in the U.S.
http://www.loc.gov/copyright/title17/92chap1.html#101