Work for hire: pro et contra

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Ivan A. Pankeev

Doctor of Philology, Professor at the Chair of History and Legal Regulation of Domestic Media, Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

e-mail: iap56@mail.ru

Section: Media Law

The article discusses the notion of the “work for hire” as a topical issue of copy­right relations. Analyzed were rights to works for hire created by staff employees of a media outlet; duty assignments and their correlation with labor contracts; remuneration for works created within employment duties of a journalist.

Keywords: work for hire, labor contract, transfer of rights, remuneration