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Measuring The Financial Health Of American Symphony Orchestras, Samantha M. Lulka
Measuring The Financial Health Of American Symphony Orchestras, Samantha M. Lulka
Honors Theses and Capstones
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Work Made For Hire – Analyzing The Multifactor Balancing Test, Ryan G. Vacca
Work Made For Hire – Analyzing The Multifactor Balancing Test, Ryan G. Vacca
Law Faculty Scholarship
Authorship, and hence, initial ownership of copyrighted works is oftentimes controlled by the 1976 Copyright Act’s work made for hire doctrine. This doctrine states that works created by employees within the scope of their employment result in the employer owning the copyright. One key determination in this analysis is whether the hired party is an employee or independent contractor. In 1989, the U.S. Supreme Court, in CCNV v. Reid, answered the question of how employees are distinguished from independent contractors by setting forth a list of factors courts should consider. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court did not give further guidance on …
Hey, He Stole My Copyright: Putting Theft On Trial In The Tenenbaum Copyright Case, Peter J. Karol
Hey, He Stole My Copyright: Putting Theft On Trial In The Tenenbaum Copyright Case, Peter J. Karol
Law Faculty Scholarship
This article approaches the well-publicized Joel Tenenbaum copyright case through an analysis of its highly-charged trial rhetoric. In particular, it argues that the case as tried was not really about Joel Tenenbaum or his actions. Rather, the trial was about whether, and to what extent, peer-to-peer (“P2P”) file sharing is “theft,” and the P2P sharer a “thief.” So approached, the case provides a captivating, perhaps unique, academic case study on the power of theft rhetoric in a copyright trial as advanced before a jury.
It first introduces the Tenenbaum litigation generally, and its place in the recording companies’ broad attack …