Signing Away Rights to the Whole Galaxy
As entertainment companies try to get money from amateurs, their lawyers are trying to make sure they
don't miss a single bit of future revenue stream that could exist. And that often means including language about holding onto rights "throughout the universe" and the like. With the rapid proliferation of new outlets, lawyers just want to make sure they don't lose out if there's any revenue to be made beaming
America's Got Talent to undiscovered planets. While it might be most common in entertainment, this kind of language is hardly exclusive to the arts field. Some say the whole thing is overkill, but one law professor says it could very well be
"a stroke of brilliant foresight." After all, someday people might otherwise kick themselves and wonder, "What were they thinking? Why didn't they get the Mars rights?"
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