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

Of course. Something analogous happened after the CCNV v. Reid case on works for hire in 1991--employers of independent contractor/creators began taking a much closer look at the nature of their relationships and at their contracts.

John

At 04:21 PM 11/5/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Although the holding in Tasini may have been narrow, it's effects on the
>publishing industry are not limited to the holding itself. As a
>consequence of that ruling, many publishers have taken a hard look at
>their agreements with authors and made an express effort to close off any
>"loopholes" that might let authors retain control over their works in
>unanticipated ways.
>
>kwg
>
>
>Kevin W. Grierson
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> >>> allisonj[_at_]mail.utexas.edu 11/05/03 11:15AM >>>
>Tasini involved a very narrow issue and seems to be completely inapposite
>to the situation here.
>
>At 04:45 PM 11/4/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >--- 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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