Community for Creative Non-Violence v. Reid
| Community for Creative Non-Violence v. Reid | |
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| Argued March 29, 1989 Decided June 5, 1989 | |
| Full case name | Community for Creative Non-Violence, et al. v. James Earl Reid |
| Citations | 490 U.S. 730 (more) 109 S. Ct. 2166; 104 L. Ed. 2d 811; 1989 U.S. LEXIS 2727; 57 U.S.L.W. 4607; 10 U.S.P.Q.2D (BNA) 1985; Copy. L. Rep. (CCH) ¶ 26,425; 16 Media L. Rep. 1769 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit |
| Holding | |
| The default rule is that the artist who creates a commissioned work retains copyright ownership of the work (because the artist is an independent contractor and not an employee producing a work made for hire). However, this is only a presumption which can be modified by contract. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinion | |
| Majority | Marshall, joined by unanimous |
| Laws applied | |
| 17 U.S.C. § 201; 17 U.S.C. § 101 | |
Community for Creative Non-Violence v. Reid, 490 U.S. 730 (1989), is a US copyright law and labor law case of a United States Supreme Court case regarding ownership of copyright.