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Originally Posted by Thasaidon
Should a publisher who has acquired the copyright to a book be able to prevent further publication of the book against the wishes of the author?
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This sounds like something that would happen with a textbook, and the publisher's in-house staff often -- I think ususally -- contribute more than do the title-page author(s).
It seems to me fairly unlikley that they would prevent continued publication of a profitable book that was totally, or almost totally, the creation of a single author. But I don't have a problem with an author having the freedom to sell all rights to a book to the publisher. If the author was legally forbidden to sell all rights to a publisher, this would reduce his or her income. While I am sensitive concerning freedom to read issues, I also consider interlibrary loan as a reasonable option for my reading an out of print book.
P.S. Does the Berne Convention say anything about this? I don't like international law violations.