Chris, maybe simplistic, but surely no-one *has* to 'sign over' their
copyright to a publisher; one *can* say 'on yer bike' to the likes of OUP.
And Bloodaxe and Carcanet, for instance, certainly don't take copyright
away from the writer let alone all the small presses, as you point out.
Rupert
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