[cc-licenses] Free as in Gru
Joachim Durchholz
jo at durchholz.org
Sun Apr 29 18:48:50 EDT 2007
Terry Hancock schrieb:
> Joachim Durchholz wrote:
>> Terry Hancock schrieb:
>>> "We buy all rights."
>>> or
>>> "We buy works outright."
>>>
>>> (The latter two mean the same thing, AFAIK).
>> Almost. "All rights" means "all rights that can be transferred under
>> applicable legislation".
>> In many legislations, some rights are inalienable. E.g. the right to
>> prevent misrepresentation of the original work - in other words, you can
>> buy the film rights, but if the author doesn't like what you do with the
>> story, he can veto the film anyway.
>
> Okay, sure. But in those jurisdictions the two statements would still
> mean the same thing. Because those certain rights are "inalienable", so
> you can't sell them. Right?
The difference is that "we buy works outright" simply is not an option
in these legislations.
Regards,
Jo
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