Re: Electronic republication

> What kind soul will remind me of the gist of the recent discussion
> about the electronic redistribution of printed articles by the
> original publisher? I hadn't dreamed it would be relevant to me, but...
>
> I publish an annual softbound anthology of poetry. I always thought of
> the publication as a one-shot deal, and each annual bears a notice saying
> that the publisher claims copyright "on behalf of the individual poets."
> Poets are not paid and we sign no contract with them.
>
> Now I may have the opportunity to re-release old annuals on diskette.
> Can I do so without requesting permission afresh from all the poets?
> Can I consider such publication as no different legally from extending
> the original press run?

If you alwas thought of the publication as a one shot deal the poets probably did too. The permission you received from them for publication was based on the circumstanmces at the time the permission was given. To extend that permission any further is risky.

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