When Belgian teacher-turned-language freelancer Véronique Geubel founded the publication house Vivalangues, she built her venture on clear copyright (authors’ right) foundations. By acquiring, translating, and licensing the rights associated with the Cat and Mouse series to adapt it into Kaz e Maus, she turned educational storytelling into a sustainable business, showing how solid contracts and a royalties scheme for the use of authors’ rights can turn creative passion into professional success.