A short while ago I set up a poll to ask if writers were happy to give all rights on their work. 70 people expressed an opinion (2 on the blog post, 68 on the Facebook poll). Of those 70, excactly 100% said they'd like to keep at least some rights.
What conclusions can we draw from that?
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Interesting result Patsy. Also reassuring that there was a strong preference for keeping some of their rights.
We're all on the same wave length which is nice to see; that we want to keep our rights to our work!
I missed this. I think you’ll find that journalists lose rights to their articles,which is why they are paid so well for them. Education publishers also tend to keep your rights these days, paying you a flat rate. To make a living from their work, these writers accept the conditions. It isn’t the best - for example, education writers will never get lending rights for school libraries - but that’s how it works these days.
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