Ownership of Copyright in Architectural Designs
Under 17 U.S.C. ยง 201(a), "copyright in a work . . . vests initially in the author or authors of the work." Although the Copyright Act does not define "author", a person who creates a work is generally considered an author. Thus, an architect will almost always own his own designs. A few exceptions, however, are discussed below.
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