Composer’s Assignee Tells 2nd Circuit Italian Film Scores Were Not Works For Hire

Mealey's (February 16, 2018, 12:46 PM EST) -- NEW YORK —  Arguing about differences in Italian and U.S. copyright law, a composer’s copyright assignee tells the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in a Feb. 14 brief that a trial court incorrectly concluded that film scores written on commission in Italy are equivalent to works for hire in the United States (Ennio Morricone Music Inc. v. Bixio Music Group Ltd., No. 17-3595, 2nd Cir.)....