Common-Law Copyrights : Copyrights

Common-Law Copyrights

Delivery and Acceptance of a Manuscript
Lloyd L. Rich of The Law Office of Lloyd L. Rich

This article examines situations where a publisher may or may not reject a manuscript.
Electronic Rights: Publishing Agreement -- Permissions & Out-Of-Print Clauses
Lloyd L. Rich of The Law Office of Lloyd L. Rich

In this article, the author discusses permission and out-of-print clauses in publishing agreements and how those clauses relate to electronic rights.
Date of Publication
Lloyd L. Rich of The Law Office of Lloyd L. Rich

One of the factors which may implicate a publishing contract as having an absence of material terms is the lack of a specified date of publication. The case of Academy Chicago Publishers v. Mary Cheever is used to highlight the negative impact of just such an omission on publishers.
Electronic Rights: Publishing Agreement--Grant of Rights & Royalty Clauses
Lloyd L. Rich of The Law Office of Lloyd L. Rich

This article discusses the grant of rights and royalty clauses in author agreements in light of electronic rights.