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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
I suspect a fair number of agents are telling Random House "You just got crossed off the list of publisher's 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
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Unless the contract said "All and future rights in all forms..." I've seen some copyright notices along those lines...