The freelancer’s contract for The Daily Beast
The New York Observer has gotten its hands on it:
We got a copy of a Daily Beast contract (from another contributor), and looked on with Mr. McGinniss (virtually, anyway) as he noted what most infuriated him.
“All exclusive rights, title and interest of every kind and nature in and to the Material are owned by Company, in all languages, formats and media, whether now known or hereafter created, throughout the universe in perpetuity,†the contract said.
It is very important to protect your IP throughout the universe.
Don’t want no plagiarized articles written from journos on Jupiter. LOL.