P3D Re: 3D-CD glitch

[Peter Davis <pd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 03:20 PM 2/4/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Message text written by INTERNET:photo-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>While this seems sensible and logical, the fact is that posting material
>on
>the net does NOT put it in the public domain, any more than publishing it
>in a magazine gives everyone the right to copy that magazine without
>permission.<
>
>However, publishing a work in a magazine almost always involves the
>transfer of the copyright to the magazine, so that it can then reproduce
>itself at will without having to leave gaping holes here and there and
>everywhere.

This is a complete rat-hole, but actually, that's not true.  The author can
sell certain publishing rights, and withhold others.  A common one is
"first North American serial rights," giving the magazine the right to be
the first to publish the material in North America, but allowing the author
to sell reprint rights, international rights, etc.

-pd


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