[Fmpro] Selling off

[Les Hurdle]

If it's a worf for hire deal, or one has assigned
publishing/copyright over to someone else......... the
'author' doesn't own anything.

THIS IS THE PROBLEM

At best 'we' had a chance when we all owned the mech
right by contract, but some newer folks thought it
cool to give it away.

Who is liable... anyone?

L

--- JJB <onephatcat at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Wouldn't the representative be liable for selling
> something he/she  
> doesn't own, and owe you the sales even if the rep
> isn't getting any  
> money for them? If I license something from you and
> re-license that  
> content to someone else in a way that violates the
> original contract,  
> isn't that money I will owe you?
> 
> Joel
> >
> > Even if you have a contract which entitles you to
> > mechanical income from sales, what happens when
> your
> > representative 'sells' that right away?
> > What happens when broadcasting shifts from
> > transmission to transfer and the public pays to
> > receive a TV show etc. on demand, and the language
> [as
> > per WIPO years ago] is* 'the purchase of 'product'
> is
> > considered a one to one license between the vendor
> [TV
> > station, iTunes etc] and the end user'.
> > Which makes the 'broadcast' a sale, a purchase, a
> > mechanical transaction, only.
> 
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