Re: one time use

In message <9502241757.AA23773[_at_]a.cni.org> writes:
>
> Can someone tell me whether "one time use" has a standard meaning in
> a grant of permission to use a photograph or a quotation in a work
> to be published? That is, for instance, does it mean only in the
> forthcoming edition, and not in subsequent revisions? Only in the
> first printing? If the permission is for a photograph, could it mean
> on the book jacket OR inside with the text, but not both?

Iris, book publishers generally avoid the phrase for the reasons--and others--you cite; magazine and journal publishers used it frequently in the past (given their traditional product of one edition and a single printing), however, that is changing as some periodical publishers are now publishing anthologies, on-line editions, etc. Best, Jim

Jim Czarniecki
<jczarnie[_at_]maroon.tc.umn.edu> Received on Sun Feb 26 1995 - 17:41:57 GMT