Re: Chronicle Article

On 10/29/98, Earl Horsefield <ehorsefield[_at_]igson001.er.usgs.gov> wrote:
>
> On 10/28/98, Tamika Hughes <hughes[_at_]mail.is.temple.edu> wrote:
> >
> > For those of you who asked for more information on the chronicle
> > article on obtaining a contributor's "express approval" before
> > granting reprint permission to the work as it is copyrighted under
> > the copyright of the book in which it appears, I have a copy of it.
> > I can fax it to anyone who is interested. Unfortunately, you still
> > won't have access to the additional information that appears on
> > the chronicle webpage but the actual article does provide certain
> > details on the case. Let me know if you would like this faxed to
> > you. BTW, my question is whether assignment of copyright [including
> > the right to grant reprint and photocopy permission] to an individual
> > article by way of a contributor release and copyright assignment
> > agreement signifies the "express approval" the article describes.
> > I think it does but would like to know if anyone with knowledge of
> > the article and/or ruling disagrees?
>
> Is the chronicle article online? Is the info on obtaining express
> approval online?

If you can fax it, can you email it - if not, why is this different according to the copyright law?

Horse

ps what webpage for the chronicle article - I lost it

Earl Horsefield
<ehorsefield[_at_]usgs.gov> Received on Fri Oct 30 1998 - 16:26:22 GMT