Legal Question in Intellectual Property in New York

If the organization plans to use the volunteer's design, the organization needs to obtain copyright now, while the volunteer is friendly to the organization. At this point, the volunteer owns copyright unless s/he signed an agreement with the organization that transfers all intellectual property created by the volunteer in the course of his/her volunteer duties to the organization.

Transfer of copyright is done through contract (which means that the organization would have to give the volunteer something for the copyright; it need not be money, but some consideration needs to pass from the organization to the volunteer).

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