Afraid that grantees like DC would reap the benefit of these 19 years without fair compensation to authors, Congress included a termination right, allowing authors to take back the rights in their works before the extended period took effect.

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All of which may sound like a fair amount of money to absorb the costs of an abrupt termination of the franchise.

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This constituted a fair bargained for exchange because the Shusters were able to leverage their termination right in making the agreement.

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