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ABSTRACT
This study analysis the challenges between the similar though not conterminous concepts of authorship and ownership of works protected by copyright. It is done in the light of the of existing rules applicable to both concepts. Where it is presumed that the author of copyright is the owner of the right there in, there are also circumstances in which an author may be divested of his ownership of copyright therein. Though it is presumed that authorship and ownership of copyright can exist in the same person, in appropriate circumstances, two different persons can lay claim separately to the authorship and ownership of copyright. No other form of copyright occurrence depicts these situations than the relationship between a commissioner of copyright work and the commissioned party, especially in employment situations.
This study examines the extent of rights conferred on the author and owner of a work by the Copyright Act, Cap C28, LFN 2004 and the limitations to the concept of authorship and ownership in a work made in the course of employment. This shall in effect identify and demystify the great controversy that has been lingering on the legal system with respect to copyright ownership in works created during the course of employment.
