work-for-hire
Example Sentences
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Her steady career as an art-house filmmaker and a work-for-hire television director is ordinary, but the insights she offers into the profession are rare.
From Washington Post • Nov. 22, 2022
But the copyrights involved are complicated, and the studio or producers involved may hire a composer on a work-for-hire basis with no royalties due.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2022
But Shipwright Studios, a "work-for-hire" studio that contributed to some of Tripwire's games, wrote it was ending a three-year relationship because of Mr Gibson's comments.
From BBC • Sep. 7, 2021
“I always tell people, ‘If you just want something that sounds cool, have a composer do a work-for-hire or use a music library.’”
From New York Times • May 14, 2021
Nobody bit, and Welles spent the last decade of his life moving from talk-show appearances to wine commercials and other work-for-hire projects.
From The Verge • Nov. 1, 2018
