I don't see it as a copyright issue, Steph. If anything his remedy would lie in Contract, and if you've returned all his rights to him then any injury to him is negligible.
Inara: Who's winning? Simon: I can't tell. They don't seem to be playing by any civilized rules that I know.
'Bushwhacked'
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Sparky1 - Apr 15, 2009 7:15:55 am PDT #6776 of 30000
Librarian Warlord
brenda m - Apr 15, 2009 7:17:52 am PDT #6777 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Okay, I see you didn't revert rights yet, but you're willing to. Same thing. As far as I know, any standard contract gives a publisher the right to publish something, but it doesn't mandate it.
I'm not sure copyright really comes into it given that you're not barring him from publication elsewhere. You may not get out of paying him for it, depending on the terms of the contract, but he can't force you to actually print or publish.
Steph L. - Apr 15, 2009 7:28:45 am PDT #6778 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
You may not get out of paying him for it, depending on the terms of the contract,
We don't pay our authors.
but he can't force you to actually print or publish.
That's what he's trying to do, via threat of a lawsuit. Wankstain.
Trudy Booth - Apr 15, 2009 7:28:57 am PDT #6779 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I thoroughly recommend chasing down a Nat Geo series entitled In The Womb. It has one ep where it compares the embryonic development of a penguin, a kangaroo, a shark and a wasp.
All that AND at last seeing the birth of a mammal? No wonder you're so excited.
Heh. Coincidentally enough, the book focuses on a presidential campaign where the candidates appear to be thinly veiled versions of Obama and McCain even though she wrote the book long before the 2008 campaign.
It's like that season of West Wing... but with zombies.
DavidS - Apr 15, 2009 7:32:20 am PDT #6780 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
If you guys paid for articles then he might expect a kill fee. As it is, he's full of shit.
Steph L. - Apr 15, 2009 7:37:13 am PDT #6781 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
As it is, he's full of shit.
Totally. The problem is, if he decides to sue, he's forcing the company to incur expenses to defend our (legal) policy in a frivolous petty lawsuit.
Vortex - Apr 15, 2009 7:37:39 am PDT #6782 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I don't see it as a copyright issue, Steph. If anything his remedy would lie in Contract, and if you've returned all his rights to him then any injury to him is negligible.
I agree.
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Totally. The problem is, if he decides to sue, he's forcing the company to incur expenses to defend our (legal) policy in a frivolous petty lawsuit.
well, you have the right to edit, you can just edit out the self serving bit and publish the rest.
Hil R. - Apr 15, 2009 7:40:06 am PDT #6783 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
So, how do I deal with officemate insisting that he's had "unleavened bread" that wasn't crunchy, and therefore, matzo shouldn't be? (I asked him to explain the preparation of this "unleavened bread," and he did, and I explained to him what in that preparation made it not suitable for matzo. He said, "bizarre." That word -- "bizarre" -- was also his reaction to finding out that, when my family goes up to Boston for the seder, we stay at a hotel rather than at a relative's house.)
tommyrot - Apr 15, 2009 7:40:37 am PDT #6784 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
well, you have the right to edit, you can just edit out the self serving bit and publish the rest.
Just edit out everything except the letters b, u, l, l, s, h, i and t.
tommyrot - Apr 15, 2009 7:41:31 am PDT #6785 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So, how do I deal with officemate insisting that he's had "unleavened bread" that wasn't crunchy, and therefore, matzo shouldn't be? (I asked him to explain the preparation of this "unleavened bread," and he did, and I explained to him what in that preparation made it not suitable for matzo. He said, "bizarre." That word -- "bizarre" -- was also his reaction to finding out that, when my family goes up to Boston for the seder, we stay at a hotel rather than at a relative's house.)
Oh, just kill him.