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Re:Disney, please sell the rights to Monkey Island back to i... by lozenge on Monday May 14, 2018 @07:52AM (#17064647)
Work for hire is a globally recognised principle of copyright law. How else could it possibly work?
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Re:Disney, please sell the rights to Monkey Island back to i... by crankylinuxuser on Monday May 14, 2018 @08:02AM (#17064702)
> Work for hire is a globally recognised principle of copyright law.

Yes, that idea was made by Disney and similar orgs. And then the USA exported those laws to other nations.

> How else could it possibly work?

The ideas are innately in a person's head. Simply put, the licensure of a creation could travel around with whomever hires the person.

But in reality, I'm allowed to criticize a broken system without having to come up with a "better" system. Just an FYI.

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