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Not Invincible: A Cautionary Tale for Creators

Copyright Lately

The 2003 copyright notice at the bottom of the title page is in the name of Kirkman and Walker. The copyright notice for Invincible #1 is in the names of Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker. The copyright registration for Invincible #1 is in the name of Robert Kirkman, LLC, as a work for hire. Invincible #1.

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A Preliminary Analysis of Trump’s Copyright Lawsuit Over Interview Recordings (Trump v. Simon & Schuster) (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

If the work was published with proper copyright notice, it received a federal statutory copyright. If the work was published without proper copyright notice, the work entered the public domain. Once a work was published, state law was divested, and one of two things happened. Ashcroft , 537 U.S.

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