It has been urged by some that authors have no right to hold the stewardship of their own works; that they should give their works over to the control of the publishing house or of the conference; and that, beyond the expense involved in the production of the manuscript, they should claim no share of the profit; that this should be left with the conference or the publishing house, to be appropriated, as their judgment shall direct, to the various needs of the work. Thus the author’s stewardship of his work would be wholly transferred from himself to others. {7T 176.4}

Nogle har hævdet, at forfattere ikke har ret til at tage forvaltningen af deres egne værker; og at de skulle give deres værker til forlagshusets eller konfrensens kontrol; og at de, udover de udgifter der er ved produktionen af manuskript, ikke skulle kræve nogen avance; at dette skulle overlades til konferensen eller forlaget og blive brugt efter deres skøn, til værkets (177) forskellige behov. Derved vil forfatterens forvaltning af hans arbejde være lagt helt over til andre væk fra ham selv.