Sentences with phrase «digital rights contracts»

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Wylie's gambit seeks to resolve two issues: the assumption by publishers that existing contracts written before the advent of e-books automatically confer digital publishing rights, and the assumption that authors» royalty rates should remain at historic levels despite lower e-book production costs for publishers.

People who believe in the long - term value of the Ethereum blockchain might actually approach the digital asset as a security — though they don't possess any voting rights or a formal investment contract.

The creators and content owners can more effectively manage digital rights — smart contracts will allow to do it automatically renewing contracts, common in digital subscription services that use smart - contracts on the basis of the blockchain.

Newly updated to include recent changes in the treatment of digital rights, the Model Contract examines publishing contracts clause by clause, empowering authors with knowledge and insight for their negotiations with their publishers.

Martin TaylorDecember 16, 2011analysis, business, copyright, newsAustralian publishing, digital rights, Dymocks, publishing contracts, publishing rights, self - publishing

As we saw in the earlier section on digital rights, much of the contract is about ensuring that you have all the necessary rights to the content and that you are assigning the necessary rights to the ebookseller.

Although many local publishers already started using eSentral due to its copyrights protection (Digital Rights Management) service, it was abroad that eSentral started gaining recognition, starting with the signings of several major supply contracts with digital book aggregators from around theDigital Rights Management) service, it was abroad that eSentral started gaining recognition, starting with the signings of several major supply contracts with digital book aggregators from around thedigital book aggregators from around the world.

While publishers in general are cautiously navigating the choppy waters of the digital shift, most are riding the strong wave of ebook sales that's putting as much profit in their coffers as Amazon's, while balancing a constricting (but by no means expiring) market for print books, along with a rats nest of pre-digital contracts, rights, and royalty scenarios.

If you purchase an e-book from Kobo you have the right to cancel the contract for a purchase of Digital Content for a refund within a period of 14 days beginning with the day after purchase.

In what is possibly one of the most interesting yet not - widely - known facts about the entire book series, the author retained her digital rights when the original contracts were signed back in the 1990s.

«Our contract with Jean Craighead George, the author of Julie of the Wolves, grants us the exclusive digital rights to the book, and Open Road's e-book edition violates our rights.

Then in November of 2012, Hugh Howey negotiated a deal whereby he kept the digital rights, and in February of last year Colleen Hoover negotiated a deal to sell just the print rights to one book, without signing one of the indentured servitude contracts the trads are so fond of.

Newly updated to include recent changes in the treatment of digital rights, the Model Contract examines publishing contracts clause - by - clause, empowering authors with knowledge and insight for their negotiations with their publishers.

Martin Taylor December 16, 2011 analysis, business, copyright, newsAustralian publishing, digital rights, Dymocks, publishing contracts, publishing rights, self - publishing 11 Read more >

This deal between Andre and Harlequin marks one of the first times the author has retained the digital rights and the publisher handled the print rights; one other well - known author who managed to publish in both formats with different rights» holders is JK Rowling, who had the foresight to retain her digital rights when she signed the contracts to the Harry Potter series nearly twenty years ago and later self - published the series in digital format.

The big problem right now is that all these publisher contracts were signed several years ago with confidentiality clauses, so no one is reporting digital sales numbers.

Nils McCarty, Chief Financial Officer at Sounds True, explained the reasons for switching to Klopotek: «Because of the dynamic development of the digital rights sphere, contract creation, rights sales and acquisitions, and royalty statements are getting more complex.

Just like any traditional publisher, when you sign a publishing contract with FFF Digital, you sign over certain rights so that we can legally distribute and sell the copyrighted work in your name.

A well - drafted contract can prevent many disputes over copyrights that may not be anticipated by digital rights management laws.

Many authors who had deals over 10 years ago will own their ebook rights, so it's worth checking your contracts to see if you can publish digital versions, even if a traditional publisher owns your print rights.

You're so right about the evolution of book contracts as uniquely vague, subjectively interpretable, crony - style documents that publishers have been using for decades and are currently loathe to revise or accommodate to the reality of digital publishing.

Contracts for digital content can also legally circumvent user rights that we value in the print world.

REAL Software Systems provides contracts, rights and royalties management solutions for the digital age of Publishing & Media.

Yes, authors will be looking at those clauses about digital rights in contracts very closely, especially with the high royalty rates for the self - published ebooks.

REAL Software Systems provides contracts, rights and royalties management solutions for the digital age of publishing and media.

Our older agreements often give the exclusive right to «publish in book form» or «in any and all editions»... Such grants are usually not limited to any specific format, and indeed the «form» of the book has evolved over the years to include variations of hardcover, paperback, and other written formats, all of which have been understood to be included in the grant of book publishing rights... Whether physical or digital, the product is used and experienced in the same manner, serves the same function, and satisfies the same fundamental urge... Accordingly, Random House considers contracts that grant exclusive rights to publish «in book form» or «in any and all editions» to include the exclusive right to publish in electronic book formats.

The lawsuit alleges that contracts between the publishers and Amazon established that Amazon would use digital rights management technology (DRM) to prevent unauthorised sharing or copying of ebooks.

However these do not apply to software where the packaging has been opened, or digital downloads (the buyer loses his right to cancel the contract on delivery of the download as long as he has been advised and consented to this — most online retailers have this written in to their terms and conditions).

At RPC, I was mentored by Olly Bray, a highly experienced commercial contracts partner who has a wealth of knowledge about digital media; from emerging technologies to innovations in advertising and marketing, right through to data protection law.

The Consumer Rights Act 2015 (Act) has now received Royal Assent, bringing about an overhaul in the law regarding the sale and supply of goods, services and digital content and the law on unfair contract terms.

Digital content is, or should be, distributed under some license (a contract between you and the rights holder), otherwise it is illegal to receive or use the work.

You also enjoy the right of withdrawal within 14 days from concluding the contract for online digital content.

At RPC, I was mentored by Olly Bray, a highly experienced commer - cial contracts partner who has a wealth of knowledge about digital media; from emerging technologies to in - novations in advertising and marketing, right through to data protection law.

In particular, 21 Million aims to improve the way digital rights are managed, to ensure that filmmakers — and any stakeholder who truly has a share — will be properly compensated, all through smart contracts.

Other records show the firm once pitched an app to Breitbart News, the far - right website funded by hedge - fund billionaire Robert Mercer — Cambridge Analytica's principal investor — and are currently contracted by WPA Intelligence, a US - based consultancy founded by Republican pollster Chris Wilson, who was director of digital strategy for Cruz's 2016 presidential campaign.

The Gram tokens are reportedly being sold in in the form of a Simple Agreement for Future Tokens, which is a contract that provides investors with the right to receive digital tokens once they become tradable in the secondary market.

It has the promise to revolutionize many diverse sectors, including musical digital rights management, secure digital voting, storage of healthcare records, and digital «smart» legal contracts — to name but a few applications.

elastos authenticates digital rights, transfers contracts, and turns digital information into assets through blockchain technology.