By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/10/2026If you work in the media, you have doubtless had a lifetime of encouragement to treat copyright as your primary source of economic protection. 414146
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/10/2026If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog: pluralistic.net/2026/10/12/t...pluralistic.netPluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period. 1196
蛟龍Stormwyrm ⛈️🐉🔞🩵💙 @stormwyrm.org · 12/10/2026I think the most famous example of termination of transfer is Paul McCartney, who used this mechanism to recover his portion of the rights to the Beatles catalog from Sony Music. Yoko Ono could have likewise done the same for John Lennon's share but it seems she isn't interested for some reason. 0151
hugh1620.bsky.social @hugh1620.bsky.social · 12/10/2026That's US law. How does that work in other jurisdictions? 220
João @joaorcunha.bsky.social · 13/10/2026I hope that Alan Moore was able to claim back the rights for Watchmen using the Termination clause. 010
