Reclaiming Your Copyright After Thirty-Five Years

Introduction

This is a long article. Grab a cup of coffee and settle in. I wrote this article and sent it to the RWR but it wasn’t suited for publication so I thought I would share it with you. The right to sever a copyright grant after 35 years came to my attention when Evan Schnittman mentioned it briefly at the end of one of his articles. I went off to research the issue because I found it fascinating. This is what I learned.

A new author enters a publishing contract with very little negotia...