So I'm trying to hammer out a contract with a local organization to spend the next year writing a book about its 50-year history. This would be a self-published book, written by me at the behest of the director, so it's more a commercial writing project than a traditional book. SO, I'm going over the proposed contract and they are claiming legal ownership of all the notes, audio tapes, diagrams, whatever, and I have to turn it all over to them when the book is done.
Here's my question: anyone ever had something like this come up? I guess I need to decide whether I'm OK with that provision or if I think there's some reason why I might want to hang onto notes about this project 18 months from now. Can anyone help me brainstorm pros and cons here?
Here's my question: anyone ever had something like this come up? I guess I need to decide whether I'm OK with that provision or if I think there's some reason why I might want to hang onto notes about this project 18 months from now. Can anyone help me brainstorm pros and cons here?