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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
Doesn't that mean that technically the person who digitised the novel was infringing the copyright of the publisher as well when they uploaded it? Would the Curtis Agency do the work on behalf of the publishers as well?
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Depending on the amount of rewriting the publisher did, and the contract that was signed, the writer might also be violating the publisher's copyright by releasing their version of the book. Unless stated otherwise in the contract, he would only have the rights to his original manuscript version. First time writers don't tend to get much leeway in what is included in contracts, and a lot will sign anything just so that they can become a published author. That's why a lot of the people who switch to self-publishing release expanded/revised versions of previously published books.