> Under Termination, a media company can force you to sign away your rights in perpetuity, but you can still claim those rights back after 35 years. Termination isn't just something to bargain away, it's a new power to bargain with.
It's sentences like these that make it hard for me to take Doctorow seriously.
No media company is "forcing" anyone to do anything. They're paying creatives for their work. Every creative is free to say no. Musicians are free to shop their music to different record labels for the best deal. Authors pitch their books to different publishers to see which one offers the best deal. And there's always self-publishing as well.
We can have a reasonable conversation about copyright without saying silly untrue things like media companies are "forcing" creators to take deals.
It's sentences like these that make it hard for me to take Doctorow seriously.
No media company is "forcing" anyone to do anything. They're paying creatives for their work. Every creative is free to say no. Musicians are free to shop their music to different record labels for the best deal. Authors pitch their books to different publishers to see which one offers the best deal. And there's always self-publishing as well.
We can have a reasonable conversation about copyright without saying silly untrue things like media companies are "forcing" creators to take deals.