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Originally Posted by Farhad
That is just not true. If that was the case, there would not be the problem of the books which are out of print and which the authors wants to release (say in ebook format) but the publisher does neither want to re-print nor authorize the author to release.
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No, you are incorrect. You're talking about cases where the publisher has exclusive publishing rights to the book. That is entirely distinct from copyright. The copyright remains vested in the author. Publishing contracts are a matter of contract law, and have nothing to do with copyrights.