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Greetings, Canilla: Often, but not always, a poet or writer or other creative person will sell/give copyright to the publisher of a book that he is contributing to. Giving it away is a good thing to avoid. Unless it is explicitly given away - also, usually automatic in the act of of writing as an employee writer as well - the author always automatically owns/keeps copyright, in the U.S.A. That's my understanding. I'll listen for other view (how DARE you) and amendments. :-) David Austen On Sun, 24 Nov 1996, Camilla Flintermann wrote: > Re: copyrights, as questioned by Kees--I understand that unless a poem, > etc. has been printed somewhere and the author RECEIVED PAYMENT, the > copy right remains with the author. Can anyone verify/correct this? I've > gone by this rule in relation to my own writing, and the info source was > a newspaper , which ought to know. Good for you, Kees--keep it up! > Camilla Flintermann,CG for Peter,78/7, Ohio > ------------------- David Robert Austen Masters Degree Program in Information Science Indiana University, Bloomington Indiana 47405 U.S.A. Telephone 812 335 8835 Fax 812 335 8598 --------------------