20.1. Books
You may want to base your production on a book or you may want to use an excerpt of a book in a way that does not qualify as fair use. Before doing so, you need permission from the publisher or author depending on which one controls the rights you need.
20.1.1. Who Controls the Rights in a Book
For most published books, the author holds the copyright. The author may then license certain rights to a publisher. The grant of rights to a publisher can vary significantly from one publishing contract to the next. While the rights held by the publisher for print uses of the book are generally extensive and exclusive, authors may retain some ...
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