Re: Digital Database. What Does It Mean?

Subject: Re: Re: Digital Database. What Does It Mean?

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: : The following appears in my contract with a publisher: : : "No royalties or compensation will be paid to Author for the incorporation of the Work in the Publisher's digital database to be used for research or other purposes as the Publisher sees fit." : : The Work is being sold as a book and as a CD-ROM. The Publisher (a professional association) has recently placed portions of the book on the "Members Only" section of its web site. The association's 30,000+ members have down-loadable access to my material. They may very well ask, "Why buy the book when I can get its contents free?" : : The association's annual dues are $100+. A benefit of membership is access to research materials, which my work happens to be. The association is using my materials to attract income without compensating me. : : If there's an attorney out there who believes I have a case and would be willing to take it on for a fifty/fifty split, please contact me. FYI, the contract was executed in Virginia. : : : Dear Mr. Fay, : Our Service Mark ELAINE's Workshop® E arly L egal A dvice I s N ot E xpensive™ was meant for people such as you. We also have a Reality Check® for that early legal advice before you are stuck. : You will be very luck to find a lawyer to take you case on a contingency. Sometimes it is even prudent to pay legal fees and not have to lick your wounds. : M. Arthur Auslander : Auslander & Thomas-Intellectual Property Law Since 1909 : 505 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018 : 212-594-6900, fax 212-244-0028, aus@auslander.com : ELAINE's Workshop® : E arly L egal A dvice I s N ot E xpensive™ : Reality Check®

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