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Old 03-08-2011, 09:46 AM   #50
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I like the lifetime + X approach. Lifetime because the author who created the work should have control of it in the author's lifetime, especially for purposes of extending series or writing sequels. "Plus X" so that whoever buys the rights isn't risking that they become public domain if the author is hit by a car next week.
"Lifetime" is certainly necessary because, as I stated previously, it gives the author the legal right NOT to publish during their lifetime, and that strikes me as a basic right that every author should have.
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