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Old 04-01-2021, 09:23 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by ownedbycats View Post
That's especially what strikes me as weird: unlike paper books (which have the cost of printing + shipping + storing them), you can't print too many copies of an eBook. You're just losing money if it's not available for sale, because people aren't buying them (and potentially also pirating them which may lose future sales).
In many cases the Copyright (or performance rights) is Inherited by a family or group who can't agree (on how much greed to do) .

In this case, IIRC Eddings wife was an uncredited co-author. Both are now gone. Who knows what the estate is doing to the rights?

Why are Copyrights not like Patents? They are BOTH creative work protections. Why are Actors just paid by contract terms, but the FILM is almost forever paying the studio Copyright fees. The Actors PERFOMANCE is as creative as all the rest, which is why MoCap is needed even in live action types.
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