Thread: How tell if an author's e-books should be available?
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Old 11-09-2017, 12:37 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by ZodWallop View Post
I don't mind that. But then what if the author is Disney? Every movie ends with some variation of "Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation is the author of this motion picture for purpose of copyright and other laws."

So wouldn't authors just create corporations that never die and assign the copyright to them?

(I have a feeling this thread is about to spin out of control.)
Movies are a different creature than ebooks or music. Corporations do tend to own the copyright for movies. Authors tend to own copyrights for books. Music tends to be owned by the composer, though there are many complications.
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