Work For Hire Agreement [1]
Jurisdiction:
- New Hampshire [3]
Area of Law:
If you are going to pay someone to create something for you, it's important to have him or her sign a Work Made For Hire Agreement. If you don't, then the copyright is owned by the work's creator and you just take a license. Also, if you ask for the agreement to be signed after the work has been created, it will most likely end up costing you because no one wants to sign a Work Made for Hire Agreement after the work has been completed and paid for. Moreover, you can only file a copyright if you own the work, so if you don't have this agreement signed, then you don't own the work. Consequently, if you can't file a copyright, then you can't enforce your rights.
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WORK-MADE-FOR-HIRE AGREEMENT
This Work-Made-for-Hire Agreement is made and entered into between _________, a Nevada corporation, __________________________________________, ______, __ ______ (hereinafter referred to as “Owner") and , located/residing at (hereinafter referred to as "Artist").
RECITALS
A. Owner desires to have artwork, graphics, programming, development, and/or other work (hereinafter referred to as "The Works") prepared for Owner's use and evaluation, some or all of which has been or may be used in whole or in part in conjunction with other works created by the Owner in furtherance of the advertising, promotion, marketing, sale and delivery of goods or services of the Owner.