To know the exact present copyright position we would have to have
access to the legal agreement between Jan Jones and McGraw-Hill; the
legal agreement between Jan Jones and Quanta; and any possible legal
agreements between Quanta and McGraw-Hill.
I doubt this will help much, but inside my copy, a Quanta limited edition
one according to the cover, I see the following at the bottom of the
"Preface to the 2nd Edition" page:
Copyright Notice
As of December 1987 all rights in this book reverted to Jan Jones. No
portion of this book may be reproduced without her written permission.
On the page before that I also see this:
This QUANTA LIMITED EDITION prited in July 1989.
Copyright 1989 Quanta. All rights reserved. No part of this publication
may be reproduced ...... without prior written permission of QUANTA, or of
the original copyright holder.
Now, given my limited legal qualifications - I'm not a lawyer and I don't
play one on TV either - but it sounds to me that we can get permission
from Quanta or Jan Jones?
Quanta have discussed this before and are aware of the 'reverted to Jan
Jones' issue.
Previous reprints were organised (I think) by Phil Borman and possibly John
Taylor.
There is an email to this list by John Taylor on 7/3/11:
The QL must be very much alive.
The used Jan Jones book sold for £23 on eBay.
Quanta sold them, new, for £8
JJ got £5 and Quanta paid for the reprint out of their £3.
Which at least shows John Taylor has at least some knowledge of the matter.
As Sarah is away, I'll ask Alison to delve into past Quanta minutes to see
what if any information we can find on the subject, as I don't know whether
the original Quanta permission was for one reprint or ongoing.
Dilwyn Jones
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