Authorized derivative work

[Oddball]

If someone creates a substantially new work based on the work of another,
and with their permission, what would be the copyright situation with regard
to the new work?

Would the new author own the copyright of the new work? Would it be
sufficient for the copyright notice to only carry the creation date of the
new work and just the new author's name?

I've had a good look around web sites that cover copyright law, but I've not
been able to find one that discusses this situation. Any help on this would
be appreciated.

[kgrant]

The authorized creator of the derivative work is the owner of all of the
copyright in the derivative work. The copyright notice needs only to
recognize the creator of the derivative work. The copyright registration
would need to identify the underlying work.

Stephen Grant

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[Jim Gray]

Dear Oddball,

This area of law covers more than just one country and more than one
interpretation of who owns what. Who owns a critique of an of a movie
or an album or a painting? Who owns the words that I am typing?
Websters? Oxford? What if I completely copy some really rich guys
software and put it into code? That code is only decipherable by people
who are deaf, dumb and blind? "Sure going to play a mean pinball!"
Sorry! Is that copyright infringement because you provided a product to
people who were previously not sold to before? It is kind of a gray
area.

Thanks,

Jim Gray
University of Antarica