Copyright Stuff!

Going To Make This Basic…

As many of these blogs are, this is triggered by comments from writers that make me just shake my head. Writers, especially fiction writers, seem to have an aversion to learning copyright. It is like if they learn and understand copyright, they will catch something that will kill them instead of make them money.

So over the next few day or weeks, I am going to point out some head-shaking comments by fiction writers about copyright. Again, this will be basic.

Head-shaking comment… “You never want to sell all your copyright.”

And that comment assumes it is all right to sell “some” of your copyright.

OH, HELL, NO!!!  Not ever. Period. End of sentence.

You never sell any of your copyright. There are no exceptions for anyone reading this blog.

You license your copyright.

And you control the terms of that license, and when the license expires exactly, to the day. And under what conditions.

You never give a license away for no money and you must always have a signed agreement with all terms worked out.

This is basic copyright. You always keep your property. Sure, you can license a use to others, but you never sell the property or any part of that property.