Online and out of print

Cyberlaw question: when is anything that is placed online, on the Internet to be precise, out of print?

A few key variants to the question:

1. Out of print in an original paper version, available online as full text
2. Out of print in one country in an original paper version, in print in another country, available online as full text
3. Published originally online (in an electronic journal or e-zine, say)

Note that for most texts in most countries under most contracts, the copyright reverts to the author when a text is out of print, so this has a very real significance for creators wishing to manage their own out-of-print work.

Chris Zielinski

CHRIS ZIELINSKI
Secretary General, ALCS
74 New Oxford Street, London WC1A 1EF, United Kingdom Tel: (0044)-(0)171 255 2034 - Fax: (0044)-(0)171 323 0486 Received on Wed Feb 19 1997 - 09:36:47 GMT