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Originally Posted by Tarana
Yes, but these days it really isn't the author who holds the copyright, but a corporate entity (publisher). That's why they had to put a law in that copyright goes back to author after 35 years. I think this is US only though.
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The copyright holder is the person listed as the copyright holder in the book. Pretty much every book I've read, it's the author, or a company set up by the author, not the publisher. Performances are of course quite different, but what the original speeches referenced in the post were talking mostly about book copyrights. I suspect you are talking about contracts between the author and the publishing house which gives the publishing house exclusive right to publish a work in a specific geographic location.