Re: getting copyright clearance for an e-reserve article

On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Beverly Bowles <bbowles[_at_]umaryland.edu> wrote:
>
> I am trying to get copyright clearance for an article to put on
> reserves for students to use.
>
> The journal is out of print. The article is dated 1925.
>
> What do I do now? Is it safe to put the article on reserve without
> copyright clearance?

Beverly,

     The article likely is still protected; 1922 is still the magic copyright date for materials published in the U.S. until Dec. 31 at midnight when 1923 becomes the magic year.

     Sometimes one simply has to make a risk assessment, and this may be one of those times. It is out of print; it is 63 years old already. Whether the publisher is still in business is another important of this assessment.

     Since you are in a university, perhaps you should talk with University counsel to determine whether this is not one of the times that your school is willing to assume the risk for this.

Lolly

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