 In the case "Goodis v. United Artists Television, Inc.", 425 F.2d 397, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that the doctrine of indivisibility could not operate to wholly deprive an author of his copyright when a "mere licensee" secured a copyright in a collective work but the author never secured a separate copyright on his own.The doctrine of indivisibility was expressly eliminated in the Copyright Act of 1976.Assignees of rights in a copyrighted work now have standing to directly file suit against infringers.