Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices, Third Edition
- Reproduction rights.
- Serial rights.
- By transfer of all rights, except the exclusive right of performance (or the like).
- By transfer of all United States rights in videogame, except right to create hand held version of the work.
- By transfer of all rights in the United Kingdom (or the like).
- By transfer of worldwide rights, except for copyright in the United States of America.
620.10(C)(3) Transfer Statements That Merely Describe the Relationship between the Author and the Copyright Claimant
As a general rule, the U.S. Copyright Office will not accept a transfer statement that merely describes the relationship between the author and the claimant without specifying how the claimant obtained ownership of the copyright.
Examples:
- Claimant is the author’s father, mother, son, or daughter, or any other member of the author’s family (even if the author is a minor).
- Claimant is the mother, father, daughter, son, widow, or widower of a deceased author, or any other member of the deceased author’s family (although the Office will accept a transfer statement indicating that the claimant is the author’s “heir,” acquired the copyright “by will,” or similar statements indicating that the claimant obtained the copyright “by inheritance”).
- Claimant is the author’s spouse (although the Office will accept a transfer statement indicating that the spouse acquired the copyright “by operation of state community property law”).
- Author is president of claimant corporation.
- Author owns 100% of the claimant corporation’s stock.
- Claimant is the author’s agent.
- Claimant is the author’s publisher.
- Claimant is the author’s licensee.
- Claimant produces all of the author’s artistic works.
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