[LINK] itNews: Copyright-Owners Oppose ALRC

[Kim Holburn]

On 2013/Aug/07, at 6:21 PM, Jan Whitaker wrote:

> At 06:04 PM 7/08/2013, Kim Holburn wrote:
>> like from the author in return for regular payments of royalties. In 
>> other words ... the author would retain the copyright.
>> 
>> I don't believe so.  Authors rights were only under sufferance.
> 
> When a 3rd party is involved, say a publisher, the rights are 
> whatever are negotiated in the contract. The author holds the rights 
> automatically upon creation -- not the state

Well technically, the state gives monopoly rights to the author by legislation.  

> or anyone else. It's up 
> to the creator to decide what they want to do with those rights -- 
> assign them to a 3rd party, give the work away for free, destroy it, 
> edit it, make derivative works from it (film from the book, e.g.). 

Now yes, 1710 not so much.

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