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Originally Posted by HansTWN
 So all works of sane authors would stay at phase one! Seriously, the author's work is his or hers alone. If it is published or not has no impact on his rights -- only if he or she assignes you additional rights by contract. It is just like a physical object. Yes, perfect copies can be created, but they are illegal.
You know how your "solution" sounds? Phase 1, I buy a car. Phase 2 I take it out in public to take a drive and then everyone can legally take it. |
Only if a magic car replicating machine was freely available to everyone else, and the only input they required was your original car, which would be retained by you after the replication process was instantly completed.
And another thing, authors, whether they like it or not, do not have the authority to assign me rights. They, or their legal representatives, can attempt to bind me to contractual obligations, but that is another matter entirely.