2nd Circuit: ‘Friday The 13th’ Screenplay Not Work For Hire

Mealey's (October 9, 2021, 12:10 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A federal judge in Connecticut properly concluded that the screenplay for the horror film “Friday the 13th” was not a work for hire, rendering the author’s subsequent termination of the film production company’s copyright in the work valid, the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Sept. 30....