Opinion ID: 695159
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Heading: Legend A

Text: 65 Legend A was stamped on the back of the checks issued from 1974 through July 1979. The legend reads:Any alteration of this legend agreement voids this check. By endorsement of this check, payee acknowledges payment in full for the assignment to Playboy Enterprises, Inc. of all right, title and interest in and to the following items: [a description of a painting followed]. 66 This agreement does not mention a work-for-hire relationship. It only mentions an assignment. It does not, therefore, satisfy the writing requirement of Sec. 101(2) that the parties expressly agree in a written instrument signed by them that the work shall be considered a work made for hire. 17 U.S.C. Sec. 101(2) (1988). Therefore, the works created between January 1, 1978 (when the 1976 Act became effective) and July 1979 are not works for hire.