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Originally Posted by The Porn Nerd
Question: this does not apply to employees creating work for the company, correct? The company would be "the author" even tho an actual employee 'created' the work. That's the general idea I think yes?
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That is work for hire..
https://fairuse.stanford.edu/overvie..._made_for_hire
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What Is a Work Made for Hire?
Usually, the person who creates a work is also the initial owner of the copyharight in the work. But this isn’t always the case. Under some circumstances, a person who pays another to create a work becomes the initial copyright owner, not the person who actually created it. The resulting works are called “works made for hire” (or sometimes simply “works for hire”). There are two distinct types of work that will be classified as made for hire:
a work created by an employee within the scope of employment, or
a commissioned work that falls within a certain category of works and that is the subject of a written agreement. (The types of works that qualify and other relevant requirements are explained in more detail in Chapter 15.)
If the work qualifies under one of these two methods, the person paying for the work (the hiring party) is the author and copyright owner.
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There are also exceptions what doesn't fall under authorship laws here - like the definitions of law, state symbols, work of traditional folklore etc.