The review of Lee James Turnock's "Up Yours!" has remained in the top five hits for a while now and is the third most viewed posting.
After that comes the posting on Creators Rights -in fact, the hits for this posting sky-rocketed. But, apart from myself and Kid Robson, no one has commented upon it.
WHY? Are there lots of people out there who want to get into comics and know what the score is?
Did I construct such an incredibly fantastic and concise situation report (I blush in saying that is possible) that no one had any questions?
Could it just be that people thought this was a follow-on from the Kirbys court case?
Could it be people were so bored they just decided to give it a glance?
We'll run a test. My next post heading: FREE HARD CORE SQUIRREL PORN. hmm...nuts
After that comes the posting on Creators Rights -in fact, the hits for this posting sky-rocketed. But, apart from myself and Kid Robson, no one has commented upon it.
WHY? Are there lots of people out there who want to get into comics and know what the score is?
Did I construct such an incredibly fantastic and concise situation report (I blush in saying that is possible) that no one had any questions?
Could it just be that people thought this was a follow-on from the Kirbys court case?
Could it be people were so bored they just decided to give it a glance?
We'll run a test. My next post heading: FREE HARD CORE SQUIRREL PORN. hmm...nuts
Not so interested in hard core squirrel porn... is that where they bite their own nuts ? Or play with others ? Not so sure.... as for a comment on the subject of creator rights - it needs some thought, so I won't be replying to it straight away. But rest assured, I have several comments. Two off the bat are the need for making a standard contract with opt in and opt out portions that both creators and publishers can co-sign, thereby clearly establishing not only what is agreed to, but what is not ( and whose responsibility it is ). Secondly, the establishing of a clear DATE at which printing rights are terminated, and at which point those rights must be returned to the creator, or renegotiated. One thing that needs to be understood is the difference between sale and lease. If a work is sold to a publisher, the publisher owns all rights to that work ( just as if they'd bought a painting at a gallery ). If the work is leased, then, at a stated point, the publisher loses the rights to use the leased material ( like a McDonald franchise cannot use the name, colours or menu after the lease is finished). Anyway. Got to get back to work. Still thinking. Talk to you later. Thanks for putting up the D-Gruppe - the rest of the story will follow in a bit. Cheers.
ReplyDeleteYou know, I wish I could find the energy to be bothered. Thing is, I say "You have the FIRST printing rights to the work in English language, You pay me within 30 days and I get x amount royalties" and if the publisher says "no" then that's an end to it. Of course, a certain publisher had that very contract in writing with me and broke every single agreement in it and, pre-internet, was selling foreign rights left, right and centre and when caught out denied it all -"they are pirated editions" (with full credits to the publisher, company and everything else included -damn those pirates!). The US is a long way off and unless you have the money for a US legal team your come-back ....well, you are in crap. And, of course, thanks to the internet slimy shit balls can 'publish' your full work online for nothing (for you) and you report them and they open a new account after closing the old one. Today, someone posts my stuff on the internet without paying me I immediately report it to Interpol and the FBI who both have dedicated branches dealing with copyright theft which, yes, IS a crime.
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