Calculating Copyright Grant Terminations
One of the great benefits of our U.S. Copyright law is the ability for creators, authors, songwriters to terminate their assignment of copyright or certain grants/licenses that may have been made related to their copyright.
The copyright grant termination process can often be tedious as there are specific rules created by Congress as to how, when and who has the right to send the notice of termination of the copyright grant.
Music lawyer Tamera Bennett co-wrote a detailed article on copyright, legacy planning, and copyright grant termination procedures found here. Click here to see more of Tamera's blog posts on termination of copyright grants.
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Here are some next steps you can take if you’ve inherited music copyrights, songs, or sound recordings because your spouse, husband, wife, parent, or sibling died.
Originally posted by Inherited Copyright and Song Catalog lawyer Tamera Bennett in 2010 on copyright grant termination case updates. A look back at Penguin Group (USA) v. Steinbeck, Marvel Worldwide, Inc. v. Kirby, Siegel v. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., and copyright “gap” grants.