Comments on: Publishers Claim Digital Rights Over Older Titles Even When Not Explicitly Included in Contracts http://comicsworthreading.com/2012/01/15/publishers-claim-digital-rights-over-older-titles-even-when-not-explicitly-included-in-contracts/ Independent Opinions on Comics of All Kinds Thu, 23 May 2013 03:54:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Thad http://comicsworthreading.com/2012/01/15/publishers-claim-digital-rights-over-older-titles-even-when-not-explicitly-included-in-contracts/comment-page-1/#comment-124559 Thad Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:50:39 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=24126#comment-124559 Thanks for the heads-up. This is one to watch — it’ll be interesting to see if the language HC’s quoting is indeed present in a 1971 contract. Pretty damn savvy of them if so.

Not that that makes it ethically right — sitting on a right for 40 years and then lawyering up isn’t going to win you any fans.

]]> By: Russell Lissau http://comicsworthreading.com/2012/01/15/publishers-claim-digital-rights-over-older-titles-even-when-not-explicitly-included-in-contracts/comment-page-1/#comment-124532 Russell Lissau Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:32:30 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=24126#comment-124532 I was about to post something similar, Dwight. If the contract doesn’t specifcally include digiital publication,those rights remain with the creator.

]]> By: Dwight Williams http://comicsworthreading.com/2012/01/15/publishers-claim-digital-rights-over-older-titles-even-when-not-explicitly-included-in-contracts/comment-page-1/#comment-124526 Dwight Williams Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:54:40 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=24126#comment-124526 Didn’t we go through all this already with the Canadian and US news services and their reporters/freelancers?

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