... and other financial operations. The copyright department may have one or more people in this division. This department is responsible for a number of tasks. Some of these important tasks are to: 1. Conduct a title search. The copyright department first determines who owns the work. Just because an ... for hire, is very significant to composers, publishers, and movie producers. When a composer is writing on a work-for-hire basis, the employer is under law as the author of the creative work. Thus, the employer owns the rights to the work. Another policy that ... from ASCAP in its financia...

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