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Entertainment & Sports

Mar. 28, 2000

Ancillary Authors

Ancillary Authors Federal Courts Differ on Criteria for Co-Authorship The safest practice is not to permit any contribution from anyone who has not contracted for his or her services to be a "work made for hire."

By David Halberstadter
         The making of another summer blockbuster is under way. The motion-picture studio has locked in its writing team, director, principal actors and special-effects company. Each has signed an agreement making his or her contribution to the film a "work made for hire" and making the studio the "author" for copyright purposes.
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