Re: Copying a Booklet

On Thu, 8 May 1997, Jody Miller <jmiller[_at_]sinclair.edu> wrote:
>
> Anyone have any suggestions?
>
> I have a professor who wants to copy a 45 page booklet on musical chords
> which was copyrighted in 1976, by the writer, whom I have been unable
> to find. (Clinton H Roemer) The booklet was sold by only one agent
> Roerick Music Co. in Sherman Oaks, Calif. Anyone ever heard of them?
> I would like to get permission to print this booklet to then be sold to
> students

Jody,

     Get a good reference librarian to help you try to find Mr. Roemer via Internet people finders, CD-ROM phone book databases, and searches of large full text databases like IAC 2000. You might be surprised what you come up with. I recently asked my secretary to get our librarians to help her do such a search for me only to find out she had beat me to the punch. She found the out of print copyright holder and got me a copy of the book I was going to try to get permission to copy for my birthday. If that kind of search doesn't yield results, you have to decide upon the risks of the copyright owner finding out and objecting against the costs of a further search. But given the cake booklet case, I don't think you could claim fair use.

Mary Brandt Jensen		University of Mississippi
Director of the Law Library	University, MS 38677
Assistant Professor of Law	cnicopy[_at_]sunset.backbone.olemiss.edu