There is no provision in the copyright law which gives anybody such a
right. I wish there were, but there isn't.
Most publishers will grant permission to photocopy, often with the
payment of a small fee, when they can't provide replacement parts, but
the tricky part is in tracking down the current copyright owners.
Of course, as someone else pointed out, some publishers have no idea
about what works they actually own copyrights to, so the likelihood of
their ever learning of copying as Keith wants to do is very slim. And
since such copying is a civil infringement and not a criminal one, it
would take an action by the copyright owner directly (or through a
licensed agent) against Keith. That's probably not going to happen.
David H. Bailey (not a lawyer)
Phil Daley wrote:
I believe that one of the copyright laws allows copying of "no longer
published parts".
But I am far from a legal person.
At 8/23/2006 01:37 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
>Keith has only ever been talking about his own use. But he (and
>others) have assumed that legally, he must re-purchase a set of
>replacement parts, and that re-engraving or photocopying the
>deteriorating parts would be a violation of copyright. This seems
>wrong to me on principle, but then again, much of copyright law does.
Phil Daley < AutoDesk >
http://www.conknet.com/~p_daley
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