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31 Colum. J.L. & Arts 91 (2007-2008)
Time's Up: Copyright Termination, Work-for-Hire and the Recording Industry

handle is hein.journals/cjla31 and id is 99 raw text is: Time's Up: Copyright Termination, Work-For-Hire and the Recording Industry Daniel Gould* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. The Recording Industry ..................................................................... 93 A. Record Labels Have Incentives to Challenge Termination A ttem pts ................................................................................ 93 B. Deal Structures Between Artists, Producers, Labels and O ther Contributors ................................................................ 94 C. Work-for-Hire Contracts - Who Owns the Recording? ...... 96 D. Sound Recording Copyrights ................................................ 97 II. Copyright Termination and the Work-for-hire Exception ................. 98 A. The Copyright Termination Provisions ................................. 98 B. Purpose of the Termination Provisions .................................... 100 C. The Work-for-Hire Exception .................................................. 102 D. Interpreting Work-for-Hire in Light of the 1976 Copyright A ct Legislative H istory ........................................................... 105 1. The Evolution of the Statutory Language .......................... 105 2. The Commissioned Works Compromise ........................... 107 E. 1999 Amendment and Repeal ................................................... 108 III. Termination of Sound Recording Grants ........................................... 108 A. Are Artists Employees Under Reid? ........................................ 109 1. Artists and Record Labels .................................................. 109 2. A New Factor? California State Law and Restraints on E m ploym ent ...................................................................... 111 B. Are Producers Employees Under Reid? ................................... 112 C. Chained Agreements, Work-for-Hire Transfers and Hybrid W ork-for-H ire ......................................................................... 114 1. Chained A greem ents .......................................................... 114 2. Interpreting the Work-for-Hire Termination Exclusion ..... 114 D . Joint A uthorship ........................................................................ 117 * J.D. Candidate, Columbia Law School, 2007. I would like to thank the following people for their editing assistance: Professor Jane Ginsburg, Judge Ronald M. Gould, Diana Dellamere, and the staff of the JLA.

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