tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16886725.post2643794410547928493..comments2024-02-06T00:03:37.928+11:00Comments on twobluefish: Copyright WoopsieLee Bemrosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06707770188310080355noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16886725.post-75627095219597462392007-02-02T13:40:00.000+11:002007-02-02T13:40:00.000+11:00Update: Ed of the mag called. All my instincts wer...Update: Ed of the mag called. All my instincts were right. Copyright is mine. He is a good guy. I have the opportunity to sell my story overseas now. Holy fuck that is good news. And I'm going to hit the magazine here with another pitch. My mood just did a U-turn.Lee Bemrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06707770188310080355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16886725.post-88358917398446938792007-01-30T10:47:00.000+11:002007-01-30T10:47:00.000+11:00I thought it was a straightforward situation, like...I thought it was a straightforward situation, like if you are employed as a staff writer and you write something for a mag you share the copyright with the mag, but if you are a freelancer I thought you retained copyright. It's going to be so unfair that the mag can hold copyright even though it was my idea, I wrote it in full, I offered it to them and they accepted. I know unfair doesn't really come into it, but that's what it will be.<br /><br />I'm also worried because this particular mag uses overseas content all the time and there are never bio details about the writers... what if they swap material with the overseas versions and just never inform the writers? They could have already published my story overseas under a different name and I'd never know.<br /><br />I'd like to think that would never happen.Lee Bemrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06707770188310080355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16886725.post-61608067112690167112007-01-30T04:07:00.000+11:002007-01-30T04:07:00.000+11:00Shees, I hope you sort it out, Lee. This copyright...Shees, I hope you sort it out, Lee. This copyright business worries me because I haven't bothered to learn much about it. Yet if I want to sell my writing, I must learn. There's a book, The Business of Writing, I think Ken Methold wrote it, he explains it in detail.neena maiya (guyana gyal)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01358313821005038118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16886725.post-10564388302282231152007-01-29T23:56:00.000+11:002007-01-29T23:56:00.000+11:00Not sure if it's a major bugger just yet. Have wri...Not sure if it's a major bugger just yet. Have written to the editor, he was great to deal with so I'm hoping it will be cool. But keep yer bits crossed anyway.<br /><br />If you call into the on shop days other than Wednesday and Saturday, the penguin suit thing could be odd. Then again, it's Newtown.Lee Bemrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06707770188310080355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16886725.post-24650307797740722522007-01-29T22:09:00.000+11:002007-01-29T22:09:00.000+11:00That is a major bugger Lee. I will cross all my bi...That is a major bugger Lee. I will cross all my bits hoping you get your story back.<br />I'll be in Sydney on Wednesday night and staying till next Tuesday.<br />Not sure if we will meet or not.<br />I'll come into your shop dressed in a penguin outfit so you don't recognise me...Lola Lopezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04599769457695214118noreply@blogger.com