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>>Why would an employer agree to that? If I sell a book to Random House, Random House gives me money in exchange for the publishing rights to the book, but 35
by staticman2 2y ago
>>Why would an employer agree to that?
If I sell a book to Random House, Random House gives me money in exchange for the publishing rights to the book, but 35 years later under the copyright act reversion clause I can apply for the publishing rights back regardless of what the publishing contract says. Why would Random House agree to publish books?
- jawns 2y agoYour example gives Random House 35 years of exclusive rights. While not indefinite, it's still worth paying for, just as financial options are worth paying for, even though they eventually expire, too. The grandparent example gives Random House 0 years of exclusive rights, which means the author could directly compete against them from the start.
- altruios 2y agoAS WELL THEY SHOULD!!! If an author can do a better job: the publishing house needs the run for its money... for it has gotten fat and lazy.
- staticman2 2y agoThe great grandparent discussion was of MTV taking down a web site and the idea that the authors should get back the rights at that point. This would not harm MTV seeing as they were doing nothing with the content.