Re: Free as in Gru

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?

Cheers,
Terry

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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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