Work for Hire for Nonacademic Creators
http://jbt.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/13/4/401
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Herrington, Tyanna K.
Journal of Business and Technical Communication
1999

Abstract:

This article examines the Work for Hire Doctrine and its importance to technical communication instructors who prepare students to create intellectual products in workplace settings. The author explains how the Work for Hire Doctrine operates in practice, charts the progressive legal treatment of work for hire through case law, and calls attention to the developing trend in the courts to support a more protectionist stance regarding creative products.