Journal of Business and Technical Communication Oct 1999

Work for Hire for Nonacademic Creators

Tyanna K. Herrington

Abstract

This article examines the Work for Hire Doctrine and its importance to technical communication instructors who prepare students to create intellectual products in workplace settings. The author explains how the Work for Hire Doctrine operates in practice, charts the progressive legal treatment of work for hire through case law, and calls attention to the developing trend in the courts to support a more protectionist stance regarding creative products.

Journal
Journal of Business and Technical Communication
Published
1999-10-01
DOI
10.1177/105065199901300402
Open Access
Closed
Topics
technical communication multilingual writers

Citation Context

Cited by in this index (1)

  1. Herrington (2010)
    Copyright, Free Speech, and Democracy: <i>Eldred v. Ashcrof…
    Technical Communication Quarterly

Cites in this index (3)

  1. Herrington (1998)
    The interdependency of fair use and the first amendment
    Computers and Composition
  2. Lang (1998)
    Who owns the course? Online composition courses in an era of changing intellect…
    Computers and Composition
  3. Gurak (1997)
    Technical communication, copyright, and the shrinking public domain
    Computers and Composition
Also cites 3 works outside this index ↓
  1. Copyright Act of 1909. US Code Sec. 101-914. 1988.
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  2. 10.2307/358295
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  3. 10.2307/378402
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