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Case Summary
Community for Creative Non-Violence v. Reid
Cmty. for Creative Non-Violence v. Reid, 652 F.Supp. 1453 (D. D.C. Feb. 9, 1987), rev’d, 846 F.2d 1485 (D.C. Cir. May 20, 1988), rem’d, 490 U.S. 730 (1989), consent judgment settlement, No. 1:86-cv-01507-TPJ (D.C. Cir. Jan. 9, 1991).
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copyright
A property right in an original work of authorship (including literary, musical, dramatic, choreographic, pictorial, graphic, sculptural, and architectural works; motion pictures and other audiovisual works; and sound recordings) fixed in any tangible medium of expression, giving the holder the exclusive right to reproduce, adapt, distribute, perform, and display the work (Black’s Law Dictionary (8th ed. 2004)).
copyright case, the Supreme Court held that a sculpture of a homeless family commissioned in 1985 by the Community for Creative Non-Violence (CCNV) from artist, James Earl Reid, was not a “work made for hire”. The Court determined that Reid acted as an independent contractor, rather than as an employee, of CCNV and consequently, on remand the District Court held that . . . .
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