Re: Re: Amazon.com's "Search Inside the Book"

From: Keith Tabor <ket354[_at_]yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2003 16:45:31 -0500

• Dodi Schultz <SCHULTZ[_at_]compuserve.com> wrote:
  >
  > We're a little puzzled by
  > Amazon's gimmick, but what concerns us is the
  > publishers' so readily
  > granting that permission and whether or not they've
  > consulted with those
  > who in fact own the rights.
  >
  > --DS
  >
  

I am not in the business, but I would think the one predictable effect of the Tasini case would be that publishers would make sure that authors no longer have ANY rights once the publisher is signed up.

So, those in the know, did the contracts change post-Tasini?

keith

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