Re: untraceable rightholders

From: Smith, Robert <smithre[_at_]mail.ctsfw.edu>
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 09:18:44 -0500

On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Jennifer Rytting <jenny.rebecca[_at_]asu.edu> wrote:
>
> The managing editor of the journal that accepted my translation
> has suggested that we may be able to go forward with publication
> without permission to use the transcription because this journal
> is published by a not-for-profit organization for educational
> purposes and because I have a made an honest attempt to find the
> copyright holders. Is this likely to be the case? Is there more
> I should do?

Dear Friends:

Jennifer Rytting's dilemma is one of the reasons why we in the non-profit etext community dislike the the current author's life plus 70 years term.

How can we be expected to do reverse genealogy on long-dead authors just so that Micky Mouse (r) can make a living?

Bob Smith

Rev. Robert E. Smith
Electronic Resources Librarian
Concordia Theological Seminary
Fort Wayne, Indiana
<smithre[_at_]mail.ctsfw.edu> Received on Mon Jun 19 2000 - 14:07:24 GMT

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