Great points Ed....

Send me an email and let me know how you are doing these days...

Best....


>>I am a copyright holder. What is appropriate for me is determined soley by me. As such, I have the right to deal directly with whomever may want to use my work. Very presumptious of you to dictate what is/is not an appropriate action on my part. There is no agreement. There is no contract. Why? Because the relevant parties are not involved. Again, this issue is being taken care of. However, I would like to express just how inappropriate it is for you to be judgemental about how I go about enforcing my rights as an owner of work I have produced. Also, since it was discussed in a public forum, I needed to make a public comment on this issue.
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>Bravo. You in fact retain copyright to your work, even work for hire; Pinnacle holds a compilation copyright, and may have the option of reproduction of the copyrighted material as a result of your contract with them. THe issue of protection of copyright involving reproduction in other forms, and in other languages, is quite complex; I dealt with this in implementing systems for tracking and granting foreign language works for manuscripts, or for large-scale reproduction on copyrighted materials appearing in an editorial compilation. Anyone who expresses an opinion in the area without having a copy of your agreement with the publisher, and without significant background in internation law regarding copyright, translation and full or partial reproduction is blowing smoke. THe thing I learned in implementing systems to ensure that original authors received appropriate compensation and the necessary reports on any agreements pertaining to those areas was: don't open your mouth
>without a lawyer, or at least a review of the contract by an attorney who was familiar with the international IP laws.
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>I know of several publishers who will not permit translation or sales of copyrighted materials in certain foreign countries. I don't know all the factors that determine the ability to enforce copyrightshould the publisher not expressly prohibit distribution and reproduction in those areas. And I know that the people who are really compentent regarding the details of such are not inexpensive; I believe the internation IP attorney Weatherhill used was getting better than $300 US for his serices.
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>Regarding statements made by less than knowledgable individuals, they probably aren't worth the cost of transmitting their ASCII presenting their uninformed and pointless positions.
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>Good luck reaching an equitable and acceptable resolution regarding your valued published works. Your decision to study the law will offer you insights that most of us have little detailed understanding, although the uniformed may shoot off their mouths, their uninformed vehemence should be ignore and certainily discarded as basic drivel.
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>Ed