Re: New York Times

On Fri, 5 Apr 1996, Martin Medeiros wrote:
>
> The statute of Anne was the law that passed Parliament in, I
> believe 1710, which allowed authors to retain some rights in
> their works. Prior to this if one wanted to publish one's works,
> they would have to sign over the entire bundle of rights to the
> publisher.

So how much have we improved today if copyright still is generally signed over to the publishers for what is often a one-time fee, with no further hope of authorial remuneration should the work actually sell well?

Maurice Robinson
<mrobinsn[_at_]mercury.interpath.com> Received on Tue Apr 09 1996 - 03:42:11 GMT