Vol. 1, Issue 6

Co-Creators at Odds – A Bit About Joint Copyright Authorship and Ownership

While creation of an original work – such as a literary work or graphic artwork – is often a solitary endeavor involving just one author, it is quite common that original works are created by more than one person. Here at Crown®, we are sometimes engaged after a joint work has been created and as the joint authors turn from the creative process toward the much more rough and tumble process of generating revenue from that work. It is at this point that previously wonderful relations between co-creators during the creative process sometimes devolve into significant battles between the parties.