You sign a modern traditional contract as a beginning writer or low - level midlist writer, you must trust the publisher, a large corporation, to watch out for your interests
for the life of your copyright.
I have seen online contracts with self - publishing service companies in which the writer grants the company an exclusive license in every format
for the life of the copyright.
Too many include clauses that require you to publish only with them — whether it is via a right of first refusal or a tie up of your name — or clauses that give the publisher copyright to your work
for the life of the copyright.
This reminds me of another contract that is problematic: so - called «perpetual representation clause» in an author - agent contract, whereby the agent designates himself «the sole and exclusive agent with respect to the work
for the life of the copyright.»
All of those contracts «
for the life of the copyright» without reasonable reversion (aka «out of print») clauses force the ossification: The publisher can't adopt a «nimble» pricing policy because its backlist will continue to dominate the actual results, and nobody wants to take a risk on changing the ways things are without any chance of having enough data to even adjust things for half a decade.
Now, a personal example: if a traditional publisher wanted one of my novels, even all rights
for the life of the copyright, and wanted to pay me say $ 250,000.00 up front, I might be interested.
And traditional, the author has lost all rights to the book
for the life of the copyright, while in indie the author keeps all copyright and the author and heirs can continue to make money on the book for a very, very long time.
If you can stomach giving away all control and losing your book
for the life of its copyright, go right ahead.
Most publishing contracts ostensibly last «
for the life of copyright,» but that's only if the contract remains in force, and isn't terminated before the copyright term expires.
What I think you're saying is you've seen deals where the publisher is only acquiring rights to a work for a fixed term of years, rather than
for life of the copyright (which is what most big publishers seek).
For me as an author, this would mean that they stop using contracts with incredibly onerous terms, such as owning the rights
for the life of the copyright with no hope of reversion, no - compete clauses, option clauses, and most especially the infamous 25 % royalty rate.
The Author Earnings petition, in fact, Howey says, is directed toward publishers, he says, «publishers who pay 25 % of net on e-book sales and want rights
for life of copyright with laughable reversion clauses.»
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for Writer Beware Most book publishing contracts can be divided into two types: fixed - term, where the grant
of rights extends
for a defined period
of time, such as five years; and
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You sold it
for «
life of copyright» terms, meaning the traditional publisher owns everything you gave them, and in most contracts I have seen, that's everything.
Then add 70 years and the
life of the
copyright for the novel I just finished will be 100 years.
On a standard traditional publishing contract these days (in the States), you are signing over the rights in the contract
for «the
life of the
copyright.»
My proof
of copyright is sufficient enough that Amazon is no longer threatening to ban me from publishing on their site
for life.
If you are considering writing as a career, then the costs associated with quality publishing are an investment in creating an intellectual property asset that can put money in your pocket
for the rest
of your
life and 70 years after you die according to
copyright law.
But I find it hard to stop the long list
of warnings that I would want them to be aware
of so they don't sign their
copyrights away
for the
life of their book, simply to get published.
But when they're on the other side
of the deal, licensing things like paperback reprints or foreign rights to other companies, publishers typically don't make agreements that continue
for the
life of a book's
copyright.
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Then, assuming you get find an agent and come to an agreement, you have just signed away something in the area
of 15 %
of all your earnings, plus expenses, to someone and often
for the
life of your work's
copyright.
Recent contracts from traditional publishers reflect this: They want * absolute * control
of the author's writing
life, and
for the most part control
of published works until the
copyright runs out.
You can't say under German law, «I give the
copyright to you,» but you can say, «I assign to you,
for the rest
of my
life, the rights to do X, Y, Z, etc, and you agree not to sue me over moral rights.»
So, if
copyright laws are
for the
life of the owner plus fifty years, and Amazon and other e-book retailers must provide copies
of them forever, and 49 years after an author's death, their books suddenly become branded as «important literary works» by history or literature professors
for studying our era, and the sales dramatically spike
of that author's books, and those new readers are in their 20's, with a potential lifespan in their 100's....
Copyright exemption for production of an alternative format collides with a mainstream format like EPUB, at least depending on where you live and what your copyright
Copyright exemption
for production
of an alternative format collides with a mainstream format like EPUB, at least depending on where you
live and what your
copyright copyright laws are.
So, if
copyright laws are
for the
life of the owner plus fifty years, and Amazon and other e-book retailers must provide copies
of them forever, and 49 years after an author's death, their books suddenly become branded as «important literary Read More
Back in 2004, one Harold Milton Jr. filed a lawsuit against both Sony and Microsoft, claiming that Xbox
Live and PSN had infringed
copyright of his trademarked «Apparatus and method
for electrically connecting remotely located videogames.»
Disney no longer needs to be an awesome force because its US
copyrights are protected
for the
life of the universe, and the NSA, US military, and various rapacious treaties will arrest or kill anyone who violates those.
In 1994 his estate was bequeathed to MoMA, which became the sole
copyright holder
of his
life's work (his early photographs
for the US government are held in the Library
of Congress in Washington, D.C.).
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Typically, the duration
of copyright is the whole
life of the creator plus fifty to a hundred years from the creator's death, or a finite period
for anonymous or corporate creations.
The dissenting judge also criticized the majority decision
for giving «Got to Give it Up» a broad scope
of protection and failing to focus its analysis on the
copyrighted sheet music, as opposed to the unprotected
live performance
of the song.
I have never been able to understand the argument
for exending
copyright beyond
life of author plus 50 years.
That irony has now been tempered by the Supreme Court's ruling Alberta (Education) v. Canadian
Copyright Licensing Agency (Access
Copyright), and in ways that bode well, in principle,
for the
life of intellectual property.
For instance, sound recordings have a
copyright term
of 50 years from the date
of first release, regardless
of the artist's
life (the
copyright term in musical scores is the
life of the author plus 70 years).
Demand
for «hard» IP expertise such as patent prosecution, as well as soft IP expertise, such as licensing,
copyright and trademark, continues to grow as technology advances in virtually every area
of our
lives.
Copyright is a complicated system
of restrictions on copying, performing and otherwise profiting from protected works, and lasts
for the
life of the author plus seventy years.
Steve's last post on Second
Life IP infringement reminded me
of this news that broke a few days ago: Universal Music Sues MySpace
for Copyright Infringement --(New York Times, Nov. 18/06, registration may be required to access).
· under the Canadian
Copyright Act, creative works are protected
for a term generally measured by the
life of the creator plus 50 years
Bill Heinze writes that «The
Copyright Royalty Board
of the Library
of Congress has announced a cost
of living adjustment
of 4.3 percent in the royalty rates paid by colleges, universities, or other nonprofit educational institutions that are not affiliated with National Public Radio
for the use
of copyrighted published nondramatic musical compositions in the BMI, ASCAP, and SESAC repertoires.»