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Originally Posted by jasonkchapman
They most likely won't. Though it never went to trial, RH got the door slammed in their face twice by the courts. They will, most likely, have to live with the results of the Rosetta Books deal. I think this is sabre rattling on RH's part, in the hopes that no one wants to spend money on the lawyers. I'm not sure RH really wants the phrase "in book form" to be defined in a courtroom, since it's not likely to go their way.
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I suspect a fair number of agents are telling Random House "You just got crossed off the list of publishers I'll submit to, and I'm advising all of my clients currently published by you that I will be looking for new homes for future books..."
I'd hope a court would come down on Random House. Even back when, different kinds of rights were known to exist, and magazine rights, hardcover rights, paperback rights, and subsidiary rights were separate items, along with movie and TV rights.
Attempting to claim rights for a new format that didn't exist when the original contracts were signed really
shouldn't get very far.
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Dennis