I thought the following post from a library newsgroup might
have some copyright interest.
Albert Henderson
Editor, PUBLISHING RESEARCH QUARTERLY
<70244.1532[_at_]compuserve.com>
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>
> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 15:27:00 -0800
> From: "Parang, Elizabeth" <eparang[_at_]PEPPERDINE.EDU>
> Subject: Time magazine covers
> To: "SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum"
> <SERIALST[_at_]LIST.UVM.EDU>
>
> Back in 1993 there was a message (appended) to serialst concerning the
> theft and resale of Time magazine covers featuring "celebrities." We
> are preparing to discard some volumes of Time from 1970 to 1985 and
> were curious to learn if there was a legitimate market for "celebrity"
> covers. Does anyone have any information on this topic?
>
> Elizabeth Parang
> Coordinator of Periodicals
> Pepperdine University
>
> ______________________________________________
> >
> > Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1993 11:13:00 -0800
> > Sender: Library Administration and Management <LIBADMIN[_at_]UMAB.BITNET>
> > From: Nancy_Beale%UCSDLIBRARY.UCSD.EDU[_at_]SDSC.BITNET
> > Subject: SECURITY ALERT
> >
> > Security Alert
> >
> > From the "I thought I had heard it all before" files.
> >
> > Last week, Access Services staff apprehended a suspect, for the
> > attempted theft of 34 Time magazine covers from the University
> > Library, University of California, San Diego campus. Staff were
> > alerted when the suspect set off the 3M gate alarm as he attempted
> > to leave the library. The suspect: Carl Alexander, 31, was later
> > arrested for burglary and transferred to the San Diego jail. While
> > waiting for the police to arrive, the suspect admitted that he had
> > cut the covers out of the magazines. He later claimed that this
> > work was "what he did for a living". A folder he was carrying
> > contained a letter he allegedly had received from his "employer"
> > ordering the specific magazine covers and mentioning an enclosed
> > $500 for previous "services". The suspect later admitted to police
> > that his employer sends him to specific university and public
> > libraries, where he finds magazine covers containing celebrity
> > photos. Once in the hands of his employer, the covers are sent to
> > the celebrity appearing on the cover, along with a letter
> > requesting an autograph. The autographed cover is then mounted and
> > sold as a collector's item.
> >
> > The suspect later indicated that his "employer" was from the
> > Washington state area, but this has not been verified. It seems
> > likely that this person has others working for him in other cities.
> > If you have information about similar incidents or questions about
> > this one, please give me a call at 619-534-1271. Thank you.
> >
> > Nancy Beale
> > Access Services, Asst. Dept Head
> > University Library
> > Univ of California, San Diego
> > La Jolla, California
> > bealen[_at_]ucsd.edu
Received on Thu Feb 18 1999 - 13:11:41 GMT