> On Tue, 16 May 1995, Frederic Albrecht wrote:
>
> > I've been reading this thread for a few days (I just joined the mailing
> > list since I'm working on a list of operating systems for the PC) and I
> > wonder how this issue would be adressed if the complaint came from
> > France. Under French law, anything you write is your property (even if
> > you sold rights to it to someone else).
>
> Pretty much the same in the U.S.
What? In the U.S., the author can sell all the rights if he likes.
I've done it.
> Interesting point. In the U.S., the performer had no right in the
> performance until very recently (when the US signed onto GATT).
The Screen Actors' Guild seems to think otherwise.
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