Wallace Collins, an entertainment attorney based in New York, discusses what "work for hire" means in terms of copyright ownership of sound recordings, and what the thresholds are for a work to qualify as a "work for hire." His argument and discussion of copyright revisions passed in 1976 have implications for many, if not all, the current record deals in circulation.

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Wallace Collins, an entertainment attorney based in New York, explains exactly what a work-for-hire arrangement is, and who owns the output of such a deal. He also discusses why the term is applied in a fairly novel fashion in the record industry.

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Maggie Lange, an attorney and Professor of Music Business/Management at Berklee College of Music, discusses the "work for hire" provision of US copyright law, and how it affects -- and does not affect -- sound recordings made under a recording contract.

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