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Originally Posted by HarryT
That's a little bit of a red herring. Editing is generally done as a "work for hire", ie you employ an editor to do the job for you for a fixed fee. "Work for hire" does not grant any copyright rights to the editor.
I would note, though, that there are many example of editors claiming rights as co-author. Eric Flint has edited many books published by Baen in which he is listed as co-author due to his creative input as editor. It depends on the terms of the specific contract under which the editor is employed.
The author needs to be aware of the contractual terms under which his or her book is being edited. Any "creative" input to a book has the potential to grant copyright rights.
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Except that the foundation is claiming that the editor is now the co-author, and in the EU copyright lasts under death plus 70 years. That includes employee authors, BTW.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_f...hire_amendment