Is it permissible for a colleague working at an electronic publishing company to re-introduce books that have already been contracted with their author for publishing, by contracting with a publishing house, so that he receives a twofold remuneration for these books, knowing that the publishing rights belong to the author or the publisher?
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The author's or publisher's right to publish and print books is not limited to once or twice. So, if he contracts with an electronic publishing company to re-print the book, that is his right, and the money he receives from it is lawful (); because copyright and publishing rights belong exclusively to the author without a time limit for the period of utilization.
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