(Fwd) Copyright

["Willem-Jan Markerink" <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

Steve send me this message, I thought it is interesting enough for 
all of you (and Tammy's peace of mind):

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Date:          Mon, 14 Oct 1996 22:37:57 -0600
From:          synvis@xxxxxx (Steve Traudt)
Reply-to:      synvis@xxxxxx
Organization:  Synergistic Visions
To:            w.j.markerink@xxxxx
Subject:       Copyright

We've probably beat this too much already. On the other hand, it is
important that we as photographers are especially sensitive to the issue
of copyright. At any rate, Michael Fulks has an article on copyright at
the Apogee Photo site (www.apogeephoto.com). And from that article,
there is a link to a site with zillions of copyright sites
(http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/ifla/II/cpyright.htm)


I went there and ended up at the US Copyright Office. I looked thru the
law and found this section which would seem to address the issue of the
old Clark Infrared book:

WORKS ORIGINALLY CREATED AND PUBLISHED OR

REGISTERED BEFORE JANUARY 1, 1978



   Under the law in effect before 1978, copyright was secured

either on the date a work was published or on the date of

registration if the work was registered in unpublished form.  In

either case, the copyright endured for a first term of 28 years

from the date it was secured.  During the last (28th) year of the

first term, the copyright was eligible for renewal.  The current

copyright law has extended the renewal term from 28 to 47 years

for copyrights that were subsisting on January 1, 1978, making

these works eligible for a total term of protection of 75 years. 

However, the copyright MUST be renewed to receive the 47-year

period of added protection.  This is accomplished by filing a

properly completed Form RE accompanied by a $12 filing fee in the

Copyright Office before the end of the 28th calendar year of the

original term.

   For more detailed information on the copyright term, write to

the Copyright Office and request Circulars 15a and 15t.  For

information on how to search the Copyright Office records

concerning the copyright status of a work, request Circular 22.

I think it is unlikely the company renewed the copyright 28 years later,
so we are probably ok in making copies of this book. 

This is probably more than $.02 worth, more like a dime!!

steve traudt.


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Steve Traudt - Synergistic Visions Photography
412 Main St, Grand Junction, CO 81501
(970) 245-6700 - email: synvis@xxxxxx
http://www.apogeephoto.com/synvis.html
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