Intellectual Property Law

Chapter 12 Internet Resources Solutions

1. Access the website of the Copyright Office. Use the Document Titles Fee
Calculator at http://copyright.gov/about/fees.html. What is the fee to record a
notice of intent to terminate 13 songs?
The fee is $175.

2. Search the records of the Copyright Office. Michael Bublé is one of the authors
who applied for the copyright for the musical work Hollywood.

a. Who is the current copyright claimant?
The current claimants are “I’m the Last Man Standing” and
“WB Music Corp.”

b. How did the claimant obtain title to the work?
The claimant obtained title by transfer by written agreement.

c. Review the Copyright Office entry for Michael Bublé’s sound recording
of Come Fly with Me. Who was the author listed on the application?
The author was listed as “Reprise Records, employer for hire.”

3. Use the Copyright Term Calculator at
http://www.publicdomainsherpa.com/calculator.html and determine when the
following works enter the public domain:

a. A work published in the United States in 1962 with a valid copyright
notice that was not renewed
The work is in the public domain.

b. A work published in the United States in 1962 with a valid copyright
notice that was renewed
The work will enter the public domain on January 1, 2058.

c. A work published in the United States in 1980 and created in 1979 as a
work made for hire (with a valid copyright notice)
The work will enter the public domain on January 1, 2076.