Thursday, March 22, 2012

Always the Fine Print

I ran across a new flash fiction market over at Duotrope this morning that I think needs a caution attached for all you new writers out there. Flash Fiction World states (pasted below) that they don't own your work but they do own "a perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, transferable licence to use...." Yep, that means they can do anything they choose with your work and they don't have to pay you a dime or even tell you that they've used it or sold it elsewhere. Be cautious out there people.

"If you submit any material or comments to Flash Fiction World, the following conditions apply:

a) You retain all intellectual copyright of your work – Flash Fiction World does not own your work once you have submitted it, and you are free to submit the same piece elsewhere. By posting a Submission, you grant Flash Fiction World a perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, transferable licence to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, distribute, perform, play, and make available to the public that Submission without restriction, for internal purposes and for commercial purposes. You acknowledge that Flash Fiction World may at its discretion contact you to discuss any Submissions with you further. Although you may submit the same piece elsewhere, it may be the case that other websites and publishers will not accept your Submission once Flash Fiction World has published it – by submitting a piece, you recognise that this is the case."

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