work-for-hire
Example Sentences
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But the copyrights involved are complicated, and the studio or producers involved may hire a composer on a work-for-hire basis with no royalties due.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2022
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
“So we stopped developing games for other people, you know, work-for-hire games, which meant we have the opportunity to start entirely new projects.”
From The Verge ● Oct. 29, 2019
