John's revolution

[Fluks, H.W.]

> From: Dan Shane [mailto:danshane at bellsouth.net]
> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 2:29 PM

> That doesn't mean the companies CAN'T pay the creators 
> royalties.  It means
> they are not legally (until the court says different) 
> REQUIRED to do so.

This also explains why publishing companies were not eager (and some still
aren't) to put credits to the stories they reprint. And why some publishers
in the past even refused to tell anyone the creators of specific stories.

Thanks to people like Byron Erickson, *some* publishers have improved in the
past 15 years.

--Harry.