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Originally Posted by Hitch
I wanted to speak to this--you're misconstruing how copyright and publishing rights work. Yes, sure, copyright exists for the life+70 years--but publishing contracts don't. The typical longest length for a Big 5 publishing contract is 7 years--not, life, not 70 and not life+70. When publishing houses bought books outright, sure--that would work for them, but publishing hasn't worked that way in the last 100 years.
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My understanding is that most publishing contracts grant the Publisher rights for the life of the copyright. Whilst I am not myself in the business there are multiple sources for this. Are you distinguishing between the publishing contract itself and the grant of rights? Would you elaborate please.