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Re: Information from Mel

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>From: Rob Johnson <ppreater@yahoo.com>
>To: Square Foot Gardening List <sqft@listbot.com>
>Subject: Re: Information from Mel
>Date: Sun, Mar 5, 2000, 9:30 AM

>As far as the normal contract- well writers leave
>publishers all the time. Best of luck to Mel in this- 
>And I believe Dave Letterman proved the "Intelectual
>Property" thing when NBC was going to sue over the Top
>Ten List when he went to CBS- that a corporation does
>not own Intellectual Property.
>
Perhaps, but they can make it very hard on a writer who wants to keep
control of his creations.  There aren't a lot of writers who will stand up
and refuse rights to a big name publisher because they are afraid of hurting
their chances to sell anything at all.  Too bad, because if enough DID stand
up, the publishers would have no choice - change terms or not be able to get
material.  In the case of Rodale, they have gone almost entirely to
"in-house" writing, by their regular staff.  Personally, I think that's one
way to make a magazine stale in a hurry - no input of fresh ideas from
outside.
-Lon Rombough


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