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A comment on The "Work For Hire" Doctrine Almost Never Works in Software Contracts. Parent comment

Re:The "Work For Hire" Doctrine Almost Never Works in Softwa... by yangmeyer on Tuesday May 27, 2014 @04:03AM (#7803414)
The best thing about this "assign after payment in full" clause: It makes potential disputes about unpaid invoices a copyright infringement issue. And crucially, legal costs for copyright cases in the US are paid by the infringing party.

(IANA lawyer, but I learned this from one while contracting.)

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Re:The "Work For Hire" Doctrine Almost Never Works in Softwa... by Argorak on Tuesday May 27, 2014 @06:39AM (#7803769)
The most important part is that it avoids many cases where the client tries to "ship off" the software. (e.g. by selling it to another party for a penny and going bankrupt itself)

This is in some cases fraudulent in itself, but being able to block the sale is a much clearer case.

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