[Coco] [Color Computer] Hot Coco Post Partum

[Michael Wayne Harwood]

I just received an email from John Nicolettos (a Hot Coco author) who dug up
the original license agreement that was signed for his article.  I suspect
that the agreement was the same for all articles submitted.  Unless IDG is
willing to negotiate a license agreement no one has any rights to reprint or
otherwise republish Hot Coco.  While it may be true that they "don't care"
it doesn't change the legal facts.  Here's the text of the agreement:
 
2. PUBLISHER's Exclusive rights:
The AUTHOR hereby sells, transfers and conveys
to PUBLISHER the WORK and any and all rights in
and to the WORK,including but not limited to the
right to publish, produce, reproduce, sell, distribute,
or market the WORK in any medium or form subject
to the provisions set forth in this contract.
 
The AUTHOR agrees that after submission of the
WORK to PUBLISHER and upon payment to
AUTHOR of the purchase price in full, PUBLISHER
shall become the sole owner of the WORK, including
its literary and computer program contents.  The
AUTHOR shall not retain any ownership, interest or
proprietary rights to the WORK and reserves no right
to offer the WORK for sale or publication to others.
PUBLISHER shall become the sole owner of the
copyright in and to the WORK, and AUTHOR agrees
to execute any documents necessary to carry out this
transfer.
 
 
Regards,
Michael Harwood