Editing Work for hire (section)

=== Definition ===

Since the passage of the [[Copyright Act of 1976]], a "work made for hire" has been defined in the copyright statute as either:

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(1) a work prepared by an employee within the scope of his or her employment; or

(2) a work specially ordered or commissioned for use as a contribution to a [[Collective work (US)|collective work]], as a part of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, as a translation, as a supplementary work, as a compilation, as an instructional text, as a test, as answer material for a test, or as an atlas, if the parties expressly agree in a written instrument signed by them that the work shall be considered a work made for hire.
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The [[United States Copyright Office]] refers to the person or entity for whom the work is created as the ''hiring party''.<ref name="circ30"/> On [[copyright registration]]s, the hiring party may be referred to as an "employer for hire."<ref name="formsr">{{cite web|url=https://www.copyright.gov/forms/formsr.pdf|title=Form SR|publisher=[[United States Copyright Office]]|access-date=May 21, 2025|date=May 2019}}</ref>