[lace] books and articles wanted
As you all know by now, one of the biggest problems we face on the Professor's web site is the issue of copyright. It limits us to publication dates before 1923, and this cuts out a tremendous amount of information which would be useful to us all. The only way we can overcome this is to ask people who have written articles and books to be willing to share their work as a generous service to the world of lacemaking. I know that in many cases, the articles people have written now belong to the publications they wrote for, but it might be possible to ask these publishers to permit the material to go onto the site as a worldwide public service. I hope that you will think about this and see if you can help us. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Here is what the Professor writes to Arachne: -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Are you willing to contribute your writings to the website? Brian Lemin has set a marvelous example by allowing his material on bobbins to be placed on the website. I hope that others who have written works on topics related to the website, but which which no longer have significant commercial value, will follow his example. Perhaps you've written a monograph or published an article in a lace or weaving magazine. By making it available on the web, you can assure that it will have a lasting place in the literature and a huge audience. Depending on who owns the copyright and on the conditions of publication, you may be able to give permission yourself or you may need to get approval from the publisher. If you have questions, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- - - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] books and articles wanted
Out of curiosity, is the 1923 date a "fixed in stone" (perhaps for 5 or 10 years?) or an "82 years before now" date that has been decided on as a suitable period for the cut off point? In that case, does it move on a year each year, ie next year 1924 books can be used? Jacquie - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] books and articles wanted
Out of curiosity, is the 1923 date a "fixed in stone" (perhaps for 5 or 10 years?) or an "82 years before now" date that has been decided on as a suitable period for the cut off point? In that case, does it move on a year each year, ie next year 1924 books can be used? No, the 1923 is fixed in stone. After 1923 you switch to "date of the author's death plus 50 years" (in Canada anyway, I don't know if the UK decided on the same number of years - in the US I think they went for more) But you also need to be careful because some authors donate their works in perpetuity to an institution (university or something) and their works will never be out of copyright. Generally these are famous authors, though, not little lace enthusiasts ;-) Adele North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] books and articles wanted
On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 09:53:13 -0700, Adele wrote: >No, the 1923 is fixed in stone. After 1923 you switch to "date of the >author's death plus 50 years" (in Canada anyway, I don't know if the UK >decided on the same number of years - in the US I think they went for >more) UK is date of death plus 60 years. This is the same for all European Union countries, so that includes France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Spain, in fact many of the big lacemaking countries. >But you also need to be careful because some authors donate their works >in perpetuity to an institution (university or something) and their >works will never be out of copyright. Generally these are famous >authors, though, not little lace enthusiasts ;-) That must be a law in the country concerned; it can't be done in perpetuity in UK. Copyrights held by institutions expire just like all other copyrights. J M Barrie wanted to donate the royalties from Peter Pan to benefit a childrens' hospital in perpetuity. There had to be a clause specially included in an Act of Parliament to make it possible. -- Brought up in the provinces in the Forties and Fifties one learned early that life is generally something that happens elsewhere. - Alan Bennett Steph Peters, Manchester, England [EMAIL PROTECTED] Scanned by WinProxy http://www.Ositis.com/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
