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Clauses About Exclusive Use

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As the term suggests, exclusive use clauses are contractual language that gives away an exclusive right -- and therefore is sometimes said to create an "assignment" of the right -- the author him or herself loses the right.

These are some of the most important clauses, for it is through exclusive right assignments that an author gives up all of his or her rights.

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