Rjack wrote:
The authors are relenquishing their rights within contractual
privity a concept which I know totally evades your understanding.
Wikipedia to the rescue!
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privity>
The doctrine of privity in contract law provides that a contract
cannot confer rights or impose obligations arising under it on
any person or agent except the parties to it.
OK, so? What does this have to do with relinquishing rights?
<http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/106.html>
the owner of copyright under this title has the exclusive
rights to do and to authorize any of the following
See? A rights holder has the exclusive right "to do" and
"to authorize". Exercising the right "to authorize" is in
no way a relinquishing of any right.
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