re: #373 jackflash

Then you’ve probably never heard the term “work for hire.” As I said, I write for a living. My contract for each project creates a work for hire arrangement. I get paid, and I no longer own any rights to that work. I have freely and voluntarily sold my rights. This is much more similar to your analogy of a house being sold multiple times. The builder has no further rights because HE SOLD THE HOUSE.

However, if a writer holds on to the copyright, he can sell as many copies of his work as he is able and still make money because he still owns the work. To continue the house analogy, the architect may still own the rights to the plan, and he is free to sell copies of that blueprint no matter how many houses have been built from it.