rights to cartoon strip
My son is a college student who until recently worked for the college newspaper as a cartoonist. He drew a strip that he developed before working for the newspaper. He was terminated from the position and told that the college owns the rights to his strip. He did not sign a contract with the school. Do they have legal rights to his strip?
Re: rights to cartoon strip
If your son didn't copyright his cartoon characters before working for the newspaper, and they did as a "work for hire", they probably now own it. There are a number of facts that may bear on the results, so it's impossible to give an absolute answer.
Re: rights to cartoon strip
If your son didn't copyright his cartoon characters before working for the newspaper, and they did as a "work for hire", they probably now own it. There are a number of facts that may bear on the results, so it's impossible to give an absolute answer.
