Copyright’s Unconsidered Assumption: Statutory Successors to the Termination Interest (and the Unintended Consequences for Estate Planners)

Authors

Katie Joseph, University of Nebraska College of Law

Abstract

I. Introduction

II. A Brief Overview of Termination

III. Legislative History of Successors in Reversion and Termination ... A. 1790–1831 ... B. The 1909 Copyright Act … 1. Conferences ... 2. Congressional Proceedings ... C. The 1976 Act ... 1. Studies and Conferences on Revision ... 2. Congressional Proceedings

IV. A More Sensible Succession ... A. Termination as a Planning Challenge ... B. The Preference for Testamentary Freedom ... C. Two Statutory Solutions ... 1. Reorder Statutory Successors ... 2. Exempt Certain Lifetime Transfers ... V. Planning & Termination ... A. Is Termination a Concern? ... B. Transfer by Will ... C. Work Made for Hire

VI. Conclusion

Recommended Citation

Katie Joseph, Copyright’s Unconsidered Assumption: Statutory Successors to the Termination Interest (and the Unintended Consequences for Estate Planners), 94 Neb. L. Rev. 441 (2015)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nlr/vol94/iss2/6