From Writer Beware, a respected publishing industry watchdog group: an ”interminable agency clause” (sometimes called an “interminable rights clause” or a “perpetual agency clause”) is language inserted into an author-agency agreement whereby the agency claims the right to remain the agent of record not just for the duration of any contracts it negotiates, but for the life of copyright. In other words, once your agent sells your book, the agency has the right to represent that book for as long as the book is in copyright (currently, in the USA, Australia, and most of Europe, your life plus 70 years)–even after the original publishing contract has expired, and even if your original agent leaves the agency.
Why is this a problem? (to read the complete article, CLICK HERE.)
