If I were teaching a publishing class, this language is an example I'd give of "what to never do," & if I were teaching a writing class an example of "what to never agree to." I can't speak to the intent, but there could be no bigger red flag. Highly suggest ROR reach out to CLMP for guidance.
5) "you also irrevocably waive in their entirety any current or future exercise of 'natural rights' or 'moral rights of authors' as may potentially be asserted": read the first 2 paras of this Wikipedia & determine if you want to waive, note these rights exist despite agreements *except* when waived
aware of how they'll make money off your work and give you a chance to ask for additional compensation for its reuse in a new form. Agreeing to the quoted language locks you out of that and allows a publisher to freely make money off your work in perpetuity.
magazine reverts the rights of a work back to the author upon publication. This allows you to later publish your work in another collection elsewhere, or at the very least guarantee the same publisher will have to (or at least should) ask you to reprint your work in another form so that you're...
4) "and in any reproduced, related, or derivative materials, including in print books and in electronic books ... without expectation of any cash payment, royalty payments, or any other valuable compensation": this is insane to agree to. Typical boilerplate agreement language for a journal or ....
translations, which are sometimes key items of contract negotiations for publication of books, etc. Don't blindly give these up.
3) "unrestricted, transferable, and nonrevocable worldwide license": insanely broad, allows the *transfer* of your work and rights to *anyone* else without your approval. "Worldwide license" also locks you out of negotiating for additional compensation for, say, international rights or transl...
2) "or any other publication outlet": this is way too broad. What other publication? The New York Times? The Scientology Monitor? Don't agree to rights that aren't specific to the publication you're submitting work to.
1) "in exchange for ... evaluation": the mere submission for review supposedly grants the publisher these rights, not the publication. Typically exclusive rights of any kind would not be applicable until acceptance / publication. Agreeing to these rights on *submission* is pretty wild.
Rando here, but with some publishing background & this caught my surprised eye. Thought it worth a bit to break down why this language is particularly eyebrow raising for anyone interested or curious what to avoid in their own agreement language:
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Do people have solid recs for a non-screen drawing tablet that won't break my bank account?
The hilarious thing about this is that they make it clear it took them 20 minutes to arrest him, and 10 of those minutes appear to be waiting for an elevator.
Did you rearrange the turtle tiles to match the suit? If not, that's some crazy kismet.
This is my first time seeing this and it is absolutely unwarranted assault from what we see in the video. Another disturbing video for the pile.
I do enjoy long narrative games, but I also love a solid arcade game that's all about short doses of quick fun.
Just show them this. And by "them" I mean "you" since you don't do group hangs as you say. Show you this.