work-for-hire
Example Sentences
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As independent journalists, both assert that they had retained the copyrights and never “executed any work-for-hire agreements” or transferred their intellectual property.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2025
Rates have fallen or stagnated in the past two decades, while in many cases, work-for-hire arrangements replaced traditional royalty contracts.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 4, 2022
But Shipwright Studios, a "work-for-hire" studio that contributed to some of Tripwire's games, wrote it was ending a three-year relationship because of Mr Gibson's comments.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2021
“I always tell people, ‘If you just want something that sounds cool, have a composer do a work-for-hire or use a music library.’”
From New York Times ● May 14, 2021
Nobody bit, and Welles spent the last decade of his life moving from talk-show appearances to wine commercials and other work-for-hire projects.
From The Verge ● Nov. 1, 2018
