On Thu, 14 May 2009 19:17:59 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> You can own
> the copyright and still not be allowed to make copies of what you own
> the copyright on, let alone license others to do it.

Then you don't really hold the copyright.  In the case of book 
authorship, for example, copyright is assigned to the publisher while the 
book is considered in print.  When a book goes out of print, the contract 
between the author and publisher determines what happens to the copyright.

With my first book, New Riders Publishing held the copyright - I didn't.  
I couldn't legally make copies of the book or use the material in other 
works.

When the book was declared out of print, I got a letter from the 
publisher stating that the copyright rights were being transferred to me 
and my co-author, in accordance with our contract.

Jim

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