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Message: <blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 1473240" data-attributes="member: 463">The Postman is a pretty good book BTW, one of my favourites.I'm glad that here in UK we don't have quite the same fundamentalist approach to sanctity-of-contract that several posters here have expressed.  I'm slightly surprised that many of the most fervent expressions in favour of absolute sanctity-of-contract theory seem to be from Canadian-based posters.  In English law the general approach is that where there's inequality of bargaining power contract terms are, firstly, always to be construed in favour of the weaker party, and secondly terms are often set aside if they conflict with statutory or common law.  Although it's possible to make 'work for hire' in UK that would normally only be the case for salaried employees, just because a magazine offers me money for an article they commission that wouldn't make it 'for hire' and while I could sell the copyright in the finished article I sent the mag, I would retain copyright in all previous versions - and could publish them elsewhere, in theory (the publisher might be annoyed).</blockquote>