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> how about you give them the copyright under US law, this is an impossibility. Under a CLA, you retain your copyright, and you (typically) give someone else a
by KPGv2 2y ago
> how about you give them the copyright
under US law, this is an impossibility. Under a CLA, you retain your copyright, and you (typically) give someone else a perpetual, irrevocable license to use your copyrighted material in their own product.
- KPGv2 2y agoto clarify, it's an impossibility to give it to them irrevocably as under US law you can reclaim a copyright that's been transferred to another party after a statutorily defined period of time
- matheusmoreira 2y agoI just looked it up and you're right. Apparently there's no way to sell or give away the copyrights. Ever. You can "transfer" it, license it, whatever... Then suddenly show up and demand it back 35 years later. Copyright law is completely insane.
- pabs3 2y agoThis is probably designed for book authors and delinquent publishers that stop selling author's books, then the authors can take back the copyright and go to another publisher.