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Old 11-15-2015, 06:14 PM   #33
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Originally Posted by pwalker8 View Post
Unless it's a work for hire, the publishers don't own the copyright. Depending on the contract, they may control the publishing right as long as certain criteria are met, for example, making sure the work is not out of print for more than a given period of time. Not terribly different than record contracts in that there are a lot of authors out there who don't care what the contract says, they just want to be published. That's why authors ought to have agents and lawyers. It's no different than any other business.
I notice you only answered the post that you could safely answer on a technicality without disproving your claim.
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