Question

Franklin, an employee of XYZ Publishing Company, hired Torrez, a freelance artist, to design the cover of a book, written by Chen and copyrighted by XYZ Publishing Company. The parties agreed in writing that the design was a work for hire. In this situation, the copyright for the cover design belongs to_____.

Answer 1

Answer:

XYZ Publishing Company is the owner of the cover design.

Explanation:

When a business or even an individual hires someone to work for a specific job, the outcome of that job belongs to the employer.

For example, if I hire a carpenter and ask him to manufacture a specific type of chair that I like. Even f the carpenter contributed to the design of the chair, the chair and its design belong to me since I paid for it. Even if for some reason a lot of people like my chars and they ask the carpenter to manufacture more chairs, he would need my authorization to do it.