[Nettime-bold] Re: <nettime> intellectual property, Hollywood style

[Jeffrey Fisher <jfisher@igc.org>]

this work made for hire thing is something freelance writers are fighting
more and more and in more and more venues. virtually all contracts signed
through third-party employment firms are work-made-for-hire, for instance.

even as a full-timer at a hip internet consulting company, basically
everything i think is owned by my employer. makes me wary of being too
terribly creative on the side, if you see what i mean. my life is work made
for hire.

huh. i wonder if i should be saying this in public with my name attached.
oh, well.

> From: manovich@ucsd.edu (Lev Manovich)
> Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 17:43:39 -0700
> To: nettime-l@bbs.thing.net
> Subject: <nettime> 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.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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