previous copyright

15:18 Jan 29, 2007 

When you buy a book, you do not buy the copyright, nor do you obtain permission to make new copies of the book. You effectivly buy the right to read the book, to use it as a doorstop, to burn it... but not to make a copy of it.

15:13 Jan 29, 2007 

You have to see the copyright as distinct from an instance of an object protected by copyright. For example, books protected by copyright can be bought and sold freely without the permission of the copyright holder -- but not republished.

14:48 Jan 29, 2007 

But wouldn't it be plagiarism or other violation of copyright? I do understand the purpose of such reservation inserted as a footnote on the page of a website. But I don't see any sense to make such reservation in a contract. If the Seller doesn't possess copyright to some part of material it has no right to sell such material. What is the purpose of such reservation in a contract?

13:05 Jan 29, 2007 

In other words, the client obtains the copyright to all new, original work produced for and sold to the client.

13:03 Jan 29, 2007 

The client is not buying the copyright(s). The client is buying products from the seller, and the copyright to those products passes to the client unless they were already copyrighted (probably by someone else) before being purchased by the client.

12:29 Jan 29, 2007 

Best ask your client if it seems confusing to you. He/she should clarify.

12:21 Jan 29, 2007 

The main problem that I don't see any sense in this. If someone buys the product he/she wants to get all of it but not the part of it.

Are my suspicions correct that the Seller (actually Contractor) wants to make reservation that it will not be liable for any violation of someone else's copyright?

P.S. This is Marketing Service Agreement.