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Re:Paramount Erases Mtv.com Archives, Wipes Music, Culture H... by jawns on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @02:37PM (#40791930)
Your example gives Random House 35 years of exclusive rights. While not indefinite, it's still worth paying for, just as financial options are worth paying for, even though they eventually expire, too.

The grandparent example gives Random House 0 years of exclusive rights, which means the author could directly compete against them from the start.

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Re:Paramount Erases Mtv.com Archives, Wipes Music, Culture H... by altruios on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @02:48PM (#40792040)
AS WELL THEY SHOULD!!!

If an author can do a better job: the publishing house needs the run for its money... for it has gotten fat and lazy.

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Re:Paramount Erases Mtv.com Archives, Wipes Music, Culture H... by staticman2 on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @09:10PM (#40795458)
The great grandparent discussion was of MTV taking down a web site and the idea that the authors should get back the rights at that point.

This would not harm MTV seeing as they were doing nothing with the content.

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