just make a site, tons of free ones out there.....write it down there first, then just use that as a source before posting it here.
therefore it is your content
A question on ownership, copyright issues with ATS, page 1
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reply posted on 12-8-2012 @ 02:48 PM by yeahright
reply to post by beezzer
Easy, but not simple.
You always own every bit of everything you post here and can do whatever you want with any of it.
So can ATS.
Now in the case of a work you think you might want to eventually publish elsewhere, you might be tying yourself in a knot. ATS will have no problem whatsoever with your pursuing other opportunity, and you'll always be free to do whatever you want with your own material, as far as ATS is concerned.
Where this could be problematic is with a potential publisher. They usually aren't thrilled with the idea of taking on anything for publication that has been previously published or posted elsewhere. So that's the warning - what some other entity has issue with, we have literally (pun intended) no control over.
For your own protection, I'd advise not posting anything here you might want to consider eventually publishing elsewhere. Not because ATS would care, but because a potential publisher might, since by virtue of posting it here, you no longer have exclusive rights to it. Publishers typically don't like that sort of loose end.
.02.
[Edit to add]
And of course while I was composing that mini screed, others filled in and answered the question. So anyway, good luck.
Easy, but not simple.
You always own every bit of everything you post here and can do whatever you want with any of it.
So can ATS.
Now in the case of a work you think you might want to eventually publish elsewhere, you might be tying yourself in a knot. ATS will have no problem whatsoever with your pursuing other opportunity, and you'll always be free to do whatever you want with your own material, as far as ATS is concerned.
Where this could be problematic is with a potential publisher. They usually aren't thrilled with the idea of taking on anything for publication that has been previously published or posted elsewhere. So that's the warning - what some other entity has issue with, we have literally (pun intended) no control over.
For your own protection, I'd advise not posting anything here you might want to consider eventually publishing elsewhere. Not because ATS would care, but because a potential publisher might, since by virtue of posting it here, you no longer have exclusive rights to it. Publishers typically don't like that sort of loose end.
.02.
[Edit to add]
And of course while I was composing that mini screed, others filled in and answered the question. So anyway, good luck.
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8/12/2012 by yeahright because: ETA
reply posted on 12-8-2012 @ 05:50 PM by masqua
reply to post by beezzer
I know, from past experience, that the last thing the ATS administration wants to do is be a problem for a member to become successful in a career, be it as a writer or anything else. If anything, they will be more than helpful.
I know, from past experience, that the last thing the ATS administration wants to do is be a problem for a member to become successful in a career, be it as a writer or anything else. If anything, they will be more than helpful.
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