Copyright: PUBLISHERS checking with artists? authors?

[Chris Raper]

On 13 Nov 2000 05:11:14 -0800, gochfeld at EOHSI.RUTGERS.EDU (Michael
Gochfeld) wrote:

>It obviously depends on the contracts that artists/authors were able to 
>negotiate with the publishers.  

Yes - in the case of my last inquiry (with Penguin Books) I told them
the page I wanted to copy, the use I wanted to put it to and I sent
them an example 'draft' copy of the end result. They checked their
records and then just sent me a licence - the only caveat was that if
I changed the document more that 1/3 I would have to re-seek their
permission.

Copying for personal use is obviously different - if for instance you
want to copy a book so that you didn't damage your own copy I think
that is OK. It is the distribution or publication part that is tricky.

But where a book is out of print, the publisher has no more stock and
they have no intention to reprint I can't see a *moral* problem with
publishing the work in a non-profit making way that makes it available
to the audience for which it was intended. Legally however it is more
of a mine-field! :-)

Best wishes,
Chris R.

 
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