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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
. Some publishers have even tried putting in clauses that forbid the author to publish ANY other work via self-publishing while under contract with the publisher. I don't know how that is working out, but I know some authors were burned by the clause. Whether it's still being inserted? I don't know.
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Not exclusive to the publishing world. Medical research companies have clauses giving them ownership of anything an employee invents or develops while employed and sometimes for years after the employment is terminated.
Helen