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Originally Posted by doreenjoy
I believe you may have missed my point. If I've given publishing rights to, for example, Simon & Schuster, I cannot then give those rights to Amazon until my contract with S&S expires.
To do so puts me in breach of my contract with S&S.
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You are assuming that a afterwards compensation is the same as another contract for publication rights. I meant a compensation in the manner "I pay you and you will not sue me because i distributed copies of your work without authorization.".
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Originally Posted by doreenjoy
I'm no fan of Amazon but IMO it's unrealistic to expect them to 1. monitor copyrights, 2. monitor publishing rights (which are private contracts), or 3. negotiate agreements with every author who has a book ripped off by a rogue publisher.
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Do you know even one case where Amazon sold an unauthorized version of a printed book? It's not unrealistic, it's what every publisher and distributor just has to do.