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You can own the copyright on your book, but not all books. The latter would be a monopoly.
by robertlagrant 3y ago
You can own the copyright on your book, but not all books. The latter would be a monopoly.
- thomastjeffery 3y agoYou don't copyright a book, you copyright what's written in it. Copyright for a novel doesn't decide who owns each printed book, it creates a monopoly over the entire market of books containing that novel. If you own the copyright to a novel, no one but you is allowed to compete in the market of books containing your novel. Sure, they can compete in the larger overall market of all books in general, but they must avoid the segment of that market that you own a copyright to.