Simpletimes322 t1_ja0oocq wrote on February 25, 2023 at 11:34 PM

Reply to comment by sithelephant in Roald Dahl threatened publisher with ‘enormous crocodile’ if they changed his words by Mighty_L_LORT

What?

Your argument is baffling...

So i write a book, and just because I dont specifically state that my published work cant be modified... its open season on modifications?

Might be legal... but how can you in good conscience publish Dahl as the author of the novel after editing, after the dude died....

sithelephant t1_ja11gco wrote on February 26, 2023 at 1:12 AM

Literally all publishing contracts specify who has editorial control and how much control.

Simpletimes322 t1_ja1aptl wrote on February 26, 2023 at 2:26 AM

Ya some lawyer fakery... The percent of people in favor of this kinda censorship is very low

jamar030303 t1_ja1xszc wrote on February 26, 2023 at 5:55 AM

The flip side is, "modification" covers literally any kind of change, so if an author were to completely prohibit any changes we wouldn't be able to have parody works like "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies", for instance.

Simpletimes322 t1_ja3hh6t wrote on February 26, 2023 at 3:57 PM

This is just not true, the parody would just need to be published under a different name...