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This is a fair point, though. Just because you're the producer doesn't mean you're the owner. Book authors often go to publishing houses to get their book pub
by dafoex 6y ago
This is a fair point, though. Just because you're the producer doesn't mean you're the owner. Book authors often go to publishing houses to get their book published, in which case the author has little control over their work. Also, commissioned works are usually copyright to the commissioner or other employer, that's why Doctor Who is copyright to the BBC, not Steven Moffat.
- wbl 6y agoSFWA standard terms are the author grants US publishing rights, not the entire copyright. https://www.sfwa.org/2009/07/05/model-contract-hardcover/ https://www.sfwa.org/2009/07/05/model-contract-hardcover/ Authors should never sign anything worse then that.
- wolco2 6y agoThat would still cover the right to publish in US territory.
- wbl 6y agoWhich the author gets royalties for giving. The system is made so authors get money and publishers do too from their books. They are jointly using the authors copyrighted work for mutual benefit. What's not included and valuable? Adaptations, foreign translations, sequels, etc.