Rights issues?

[Richard Dickson]

I can't seem to find an actual CHUD Stories page that might have the answer to this, so I'll post it here:

If I had stories posted on CHUD Stories, does CHUD hold any kind of rights to those stories or am I free to use/post them elsewhere?

[flyarz]

I vaguely recall this being asked before, and the answer being "no." Even if I'm wrong on that, if you didn't sign anything and there's no page saying as much, I imagine all rights revert to you outside of CHUD's use of it.

If you're looking to have something published elsewhere, though, be aware that many publications don't want previously published work and usually state this somewhere in their submission details. And yes, they consider any kind of internet publication to constitute "previously published work."

[Richard Dickson]

It's not a publication, it's a sci-fi/fantasy fiction website, and they have no problem with previously posted/published material as long as the author still holds the rights. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't stepping on any CHUD toes before posting my story there. It was a Lumiere story, but I'm removing all references to that name so that at least stays here.