At the risk of starting that copyright thread again, I want to answer a private email which came from an Arachnid with the same question I once asked the Prof about copyright when we were first starting all this scanning. The question was: Does the copyright date change where it concerns material which might be available for scanning. In other words, is pre-1923 a fixed date as the years go by?
Here is what he says: ------------------- 1923 is a fixed date until some time many years from now, when it starts to advance. 1966 is the end of possible public-domain material for works published with a copyright notice. Anything from 1923 to 1966 has to have its copyright renewed to still be protected. Recall the website that has this information. [http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~lesk/copyrenew.html] As to the 1980s, as long as it has a copyright notice, it is protected far into the future. There's a later date (1989?) after which copyright notices weren't required. These remarks are about U.S. copyright; foreign copyright laws are different for the period from 1923 to 1989 (?). ---------------------- I hope this doesn't start another long copyright thread, but it explains a bit why we are asking any generous authors for permission to donate their work to the web site. The lace section is as full as it is because of the help of so many who have helped me find books and articles I would never have been able to find on my own. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
