2007-01-02 15:56:58 · 7 answers · asked by gogogo 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Well, yes and no. If you are a published author and the work you had published in the US is all of a sudden published in a different country, check your contract. Often times the publisher will put a clause in there that gives the the right to produce the work in any language or country without your permission and without paying you a dime. This is why agents are so important. They sort through this stuff.
2007-01-02 16:42:54 · answer #1 · answered by uncletoon2005 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are several issues here. If the book was originally published in the US, almost all publishers will have acquired world rights in the initial agreement. This helps them defray the enormous cost of launching a book here.
If so, the publisher may well have sold some of the foreign rights. Most publishers will then have told the author or his/her agent, but mistakes happen.
If the author inquires, the acquiring editor involved will almost certainly know about the deal and can tell the author the terms, and what kind of share of the subsidiary rights should show up on the royalty statement and when.
If the publisher and the author have not granted permission, then any such publication is not plagiarism but piracy/copyright infringement. As such it's illegal (in almost all jurisdictions) but not all that uncommon in some countries.
2007-01-03 04:44:47 · answer #2 · answered by Marion Gropen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-06 08:59:31 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if the manuscript some how was lost by the author and it was that good that others found it worthy to publish.
2007-01-02 16:01:49 · answer #4 · answered by iroc 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the author or attorney find out, you're in trouble for copyright infringement.
2007-01-02 16:01:39 · answer #5 · answered by newyorkgal71 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely, it happens far too often. Although international copyright laws do exist, they are frequently violated and often hard to enforce.
2007-01-02 16:04:02 · answer #6 · answered by oldironclub 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but this would be complete plagerism and could certainly end up in court.
2007-01-02 16:00:06 · answer #7 · answered by nancymomkids 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋