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Family

Sep. 13, 2012

Termination of transfers and divorce

What happens to the ability to terminate copyright transfers during divorce? By Ivan Hoffman


By Ivan Hoffman


C onsider one potential situation: Songwriter, screen writer, director of film or television shows, recording artist, painter, writer or similar creative party (for simplicity in this article, all such creative parties are called "author") owns copyright rights in and to certain works or rights in agreements related to such works. As things would go in this "hypothetical," the author and his or her spouse get divorced. As part...

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