In your spare time and for amusement, take a look at:
The Tale of One Bunny, Copyright Statements, & Public Domain: A
Cautionary Tail
http://blog.librarylaw.com/librarylaw/2006/03/the_tale_of_one.html
This blog is a case study on copyright (and trademark) claims in works
for which copyrights have expired.
Also see, Brooklyn Law School Professor Jason Mazzone's article
"Copyfraud" in which he examines the costs of false claims of copyright
in public domain materials
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=787244
Bonnie Klein
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From: CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property
[mailto:CNI-COPYRIGHT[_at_]cni.org] On Behalf Of Brewer, Michael
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 3:56 PM
To: CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property
Subject: [CNI-(C)] Odd (and misleading) copyright statement
All,
I was reading my 6 year old a copy of Wizard of Oz last night and
noticed that there is a copyright notice in the front of the book
(published, if I remember correctly in 1999). The story was first
published, I think, in 1899 or something like that. The copyright
statement (and I do not have it in front of me, so it could be slightly
different) said something like "new material copyright 1999" and then
went on to say, in the usual language, that no part of this book may be
copied...... without the consent of .... etc." There was no indication
what part of the text was "new", or whether or not it had been abridged,
or changed in any way. My question is, isn't this terribly misleading?
The implication is that nothing in the book can be used without the
consent of the copyright holder (to whatever new material there might
be, but not to the majority of the text, or even perhaps the entire text
- the new material could be just illustrations, or notes). Is this a
common practice? Is it, then, up to the user to determine what is new
(if anything) and what is not by doing a comparative textual analysis?
I'd be interested in your thoughts.
mb
Michael Brewer
Slavic Studies, German Studies & Media Arts Librarian
University of Arizona Library A210
1510 E. University
P.O. Box 210055
Tucson, AZ 85721
Voice: 520.307.2771
Fax: 520.621.9733
brewerm[_at_]u.library.arizona.edu
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