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What I don’t understand is why Penguin held the copyright in any case. From my experience at looking at copyrights on the copyright pages of books, the copyrig
by barney54 5y ago
What I don’t understand is why Penguin held the copyright in any case. From my experience at looking at copyrights on the copyright pages of books, the copyrights are almost always held by the author or a trust controlled by the author, not the publisher.
- cmeacham98 5y agoConsidering Hoff claims Penguin does not have permission for an ebook format, I suspect they held a perpetual license to publish the book rather than the copyright itself.
- burnte 5y agoBad contract, I'd wager. He clearly assigned the copyright in the early 80s in order to get published either due to bad advice or not proper legal counsel.
- rednerrus 5y agoHe was using IP that didn't belong to him. He probably did this as a concession.
- Taniwha 5y agoI suspect that all of this is complicated because Hoff's books include passages and illustrations from the original Pooh ... and Penguin likely made getting permission to use them easier ...