[ SECRET POST #3203 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3203 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

You got it with the first line. I thought the publishing company had those rights. Like, once they published the story, they had the movie rights too.

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

Nope, not necessarily. I guess it's possible for that to happen if you signed with a really unscrupulous company and didn't read your contract carefully but even that's a very far fetched scenario. There are many different subsets of rights you have as the author, and as the author, you have the legal power to decide what to do with them. Your publishing company would want certain rights, of course-- usually something like the exclusive right to publish that particular work, in certain areas of the world, for a certain length of time. They might want the rights to electronic publication of that work as well. Movie rights are generally not included because they wouldn't want to pay you for something that might never happen, see what I mean?

But it all varies depending on the contract, and contracts are negotiable. That's what agents do, and if you're concerned about getting ripped off, finding a reputable agent is a good first step.