Lev Manovich on 28 Jul 2000 00:47:54 -0000 |
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[Nettime-bold] intellectual property, Hollywood style |
Do you think that after the Net, memes, open source and other similar phenomenons/concepts/movements, the issues of copyright and intelectual property belong to the twentieth century? Not quite yet. The following comes from the contract recently offered to me by a Holywod company: "OWNERSHIP. Writer hereby agrees that the Works are considered a "work made for hire." As between Writer and Producer, the Works (including any ideas, written materials, and copyrights thereto) and all rights therein shall be the sole property of Producer, and Producer may publish, broadcast, exhibit, transmit, use and/or exploit the Works in whole or in part, in perpetuity, for any purpose, in any manner and through any media, whether now known or hereafter devised, throughout the world, in all languages, as Producer in its sole discretion shall determine. Writer hereby acknowledges that none of the Works constitute a work of fine art, and hereby waives all moral rights, if any, associated with the Work. Writer hereby irrevocably assigns and transfers to Producer all right, title and interest of every kind and character throughout the world and in perpetuity, in any and all languages, which Writer now has or may be deemed to have in the Works, including but not limited to any ideas, material, original works of authorship, and copyrights thereto, whether oral or in writing. Writer hereby agrees to take, at all times hereafter, all action and sign and deliver all documents as Producer may reasonably request in order to vest or perfect in Producer all of such right, title and interest in the Works and to permit Producer to protect such intellectual property. Writer hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Producer as Writer's agent and attorney-in-fact to take such action and sign such documents on behalf of Writer in order to vest and perfect such right, title and interest in the Works and to permit Producer to protect such intellectual property. The assignment in this Section 6 shall not apply to any invention or right which Writer is entitled to pursuant to the terms of California Labor Code Section 2870 or any successor provision." -------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Lev Manovich Associate Professor http://visarts.ucsd.edu/~manovich email: manovich@ucsd.edu phone: +1-858-822-1012 / fax: +1-858-534-7976 address: University of California -- San Diego Visual Arts Department, 0084, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0084, U.S.A. _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list Nettime-bold@nettime.org http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold