Legal Question in Business Law in New Jersey
Copyright ownership
Two men wrote a song and had it copyrighted under both their names. One man died without putting the copyright in his Will. Does the other owner of the copyright need to continue to consider the deceased a continuing copyright owner or may he be dismissed as a copyright owner for this copyright?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Copyright ownership
A copyright is property. If it is not specifically disposed of in a will, then it either passes under the will as part of the residuary estate or goes to the heirs. To tell which requires a reading of the will. The termination rights are more complex and are dealt with under 17 USC 203.
The ownership rights and obligations of a surviving copyright owner do not change as a result of the death of an owner. The only thing that will change is the person who has the ownership interest of the deceased.
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