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niteseer -> RE: Betrayed by Master (12/31/2007 5:25:59 AM)
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Well, before anything else is said, I agree, the guy is a creep.
As far as him profiting from your work while he owned you.....if you were truly in a slave relationship at the time, and especially if these writings were things you wrote at his direction, that would not have been written otherwise, then it might be argued that the ownership and profits from them do belong to them. That is why you have to be so very careful before entering a slave relationship. However, by no means does he have the right to sign himself as author. You would be the author, no matter who gets any profit from it. If profit is lost, you can seek legal recourse, and it would be interesting to see how the question of ownership of works produced while in an agreement to be slave, would play out in a court of law. The law does not recognize slavery, but it does recognize written and verbal contracts as far as work/property/money goes.
In future, you should probably choose to be submissive, rather than slave, so that you can avoid any further problems like this. You could specifically spell out in a contract what can be expected of you, and what rights you reserve to yourself.
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