JarlFrank
I like Thief THIS much
Just FYI to those interested: the publishing contracts for my short stories that were printed in anthologies gave the publisher the exclusive right to print and electronic (ebook) reproduction of my work for one year. After that, they retain the non-exclusive right, which means I can sell my story to other publishers, but it will be considered a "reprint" which is less valuable than a first print.
The publisher never loses the right to print my short story. If he runs out of stock of printed books, he can print more. Depending on the terms of the contract, that could also mean I get more money (if it's a revenue share contract rather than a single payment contract: when you sell a short story, it's either single payment, usually in cents-per-word, or it includes a small revenue share of 2% or something).
I cannot pull out of a contract once it is signed. The publisher can reprint my story however many times he fucking wants.
If the Nexus puts that right of distribution in perpetuity as a condition into their terms of use, and the user agrees to those terms, then the Nexus can keep distributing that mod for however long they please.
The same is true for stories you publish on websites. Even if it's a free website with no real terms and conditions, once you publish a story there you lose some of your rights. You can no longer sell first publishing rights for example, if you ever try to sell your story afterwards it would be as a reprint. Because it already counts as previously published, just because you uploaded it to a website.
Once something is out, it's out. You can't un-release something. Of course you retain the rights to re-release your thing elsewhere if you want, but you can't take it back.
The publisher never loses the right to print my short story. If he runs out of stock of printed books, he can print more. Depending on the terms of the contract, that could also mean I get more money (if it's a revenue share contract rather than a single payment contract: when you sell a short story, it's either single payment, usually in cents-per-word, or it includes a small revenue share of 2% or something).
I cannot pull out of a contract once it is signed. The publisher can reprint my story however many times he fucking wants.
If the Nexus puts that right of distribution in perpetuity as a condition into their terms of use, and the user agrees to those terms, then the Nexus can keep distributing that mod for however long they please.
The same is true for stories you publish on websites. Even if it's a free website with no real terms and conditions, once you publish a story there you lose some of your rights. You can no longer sell first publishing rights for example, if you ever try to sell your story afterwards it would be as a reprint. Because it already counts as previously published, just because you uploaded it to a website.
Once something is out, it's out. You can't un-release something. Of course you retain the rights to re-release your thing elsewhere if you want, but you can't take it back.