the US has a special provision making all licenses and transfers of rights by authors under copyright revocable by written notice, during a 5 year window 35 yea

the US has a special provision making all licenses and transfers of rights by authors under copyright revocable by written notice, during a 5 year window 35 years from when they occurred; see 17 USC Sec. 203. Wow, that's rather incredible. It's enheartening to see a US copyright law that seems biased toward authors rather than publishers. The provisions of section 203 safeguard[] authors against unremunerative transfers. A provision of this sort is needed because of the unequal bargaining position of authors, resulting in part from the impossibility of determining a work’s value until it has been exploited. http://www.sfwa.org/2013/08/second-bite-apple-termination-rights-writers-introduction/ http://www.sfwa.org/2013/08/second-bite-apple-termination-ri...