Re: [meteorite-list] copyright questions - newspaper articles & correspondence
Thank you all for these very useful information. I will investigate more and let you know. Best regards, Arnaud The Tricottet Collection (Historic Minerals, Fossils & Meteorites) http://www.thetricottetcollection.com/ http://www.facebook.com/TheTricottetCollection http://twitter.com/TricottetColl# > Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 21:37:49 -0500 > From: mmar...@meteoritetreasures.com > To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] copyright questions - newspaper articles & > correspondence > > Hi Arnaud, > > I've got some experience with US copyright law and will outline it the > best I can: > > 1. Works published before 1978 remain protected under copyright law > for 75 years from the date of their original publication. Works > published on or after January 1, 1978 as protected by copyright laws > until 50 years after the death of the author. > > 2. As for the newspaper no longer existing, I believe the above rule > applies. If the newspaper company owned the copyright (i.e. the > article was written by a staff member) then the copyright will expire > based on it's publication date as described above. If it was reader > contributed or written by a person who was not employed by the > newspaper, then the author owns the copyright, and not the newspaper > and the date of death would apply. > > 3. Your intended use for educational, non-commercial value would most > likely be viewed as fair use based on the mission of your > organization, however given the very public nature of the web and your > desire to be as clean as possible legally, I would suggest that you > spend a little money for advice from an attorney who specializes in > copyright law. A few hundred dollars now could be well worth the > savings if a disgruntled person saw their information published on a > public website without their permission. > > 4. I am not familiar with copyrights laws and how they apply to > personal correspondence. Surely documents that you have written are > yours freely to use, however the ones written by others may be a > different story. I'm not going to say any more on this because I > simply don't know. > > There are lots of restrictions of fair use too...so be mindful that > just because a person intends to use a published work for educational > purposes that you can use another person's work in its entirety. > Restrictions are in place that limit how much of a work can be used, > even for educational purposes. There are also time limits in some > instances, in instances known as 'spontaneous' copies. An example of > this would be if a story was just published and waiting to obtain > copyright permission for educational use would cause the loss of > educational value, then fair use comes into play. Even then there are > still restrictions on the amount of the source that may be copied and > the amount of images that may be copies as well. In my opinion, it's > worth getting an informed decision by someone qualified. > > Mind you, I am not an attorney, but simply a teacher who has done > research on this in the past. > > Aloha, > > > Matthew Martin > Meteorite Treasures > P.O. Box 164, Kaaawa, HI 96730 > www.meteoritetreasures.com > > > > > > > On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 10:18 AM, The Tricottet Collection > wrote: > > > Dear list members, > > I'd like to give access on my website to transcripts of my > newspaper articles and original correspondence related to meteorites > (and minerals & fossils...): > > http://www.thetricottetcollection.com/library_met_newspapers.html > http://www.thetricottetcollection.com/library_met_manuscripts.html > > However I haven't done it until now because I don't know the laws > regarding copyrights. > > Would someone know if diffusing a transcript instead of a scan is legal? > Should articles be more than 30 years old for instance? > If the newspaper does not exist anymore, is there still a copyright? > What is the situation for correspondence letters that I own, from > living or deceased individuals? > > I'm especially looking for information related to US law, but > also to the Italian one. I'd like to give access to a high resolution > digital copy of the famous Walter Molino drawing of Holbrook in the > 1946 newspaper La Domenica del Corriere, based on a copy I own. > > > Thank you for your help, > > Arnaud > > > The Tricottet Collection > (Historic Minerals, Fossils & Meteorites) > http://www.thetricottetcollection.com/ > http://www.facebook.com/TheTricottetCollection > http://twitter.com/TricottetColl# > > > > &
Re: [meteorite-list] copyright questions - newspaper articles & correspondence
Hi Arnaud, I've got some experience with US copyright law and will outline it the best I can: 1. Works published before 1978 remain protected under copyright law for 75 years from the date of their original publication. Works published on or after January 1, 1978 as protected by copyright laws until 50 years after the death of the author. 2. As for the newspaper no longer existing, I believe the above rule applies. If the newspaper company owned the copyright (i.e. the article was written by a staff member) then the copyright will expire based on it's publication date as described above. If it was reader contributed or written by a person who was not employed by the newspaper, then the author owns the copyright, and not the newspaper and the date of death would apply. 3. Your intended use for educational, non-commercial value would most likely be viewed as fair use based on the mission of your organization, however given the very public nature of the web and your desire to be as clean as possible legally, I would suggest that you spend a little money for advice from an attorney who specializes in copyright law. A few hundred dollars now could be well worth the savings if a disgruntled person saw their information published on a public website without their permission. 4. I am not familiar with copyrights laws and how they apply to personal correspondence. Surely documents that you have written are yours freely to use, however the ones written by others may be a different story. I'm not going to say any more on this because I simply don't know. There are lots of restrictions of fair use too...so be mindful that just because a person intends to use a published work for educational purposes that you can use another person's work in its entirety. Restrictions are in place that limit how much of a work can be used, even for educational purposes. There are also time limits in some instances, in instances known as 'spontaneous' copies. An example of this would be if a story was just published and waiting to obtain copyright permission for educational use would cause the loss of educational value, then fair use comes into play. Even then there are still restrictions on the amount of the source that may be copied and the amount of images that may be copies as well. In my opinion, it's worth getting an informed decision by someone qualified. Mind you, I am not an attorney, but simply a teacher who has done research on this in the past. Aloha, Matthew Martin Meteorite Treasures P.O. Box 164, Kaaawa, HI 96730 www.meteoritetreasures.com On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 10:18 AM, The Tricottet Collection wrote: Dear list members, I'd like to give access on my website to transcripts of my newspaper articles and original correspondence related to meteorites (and minerals & fossils...): http://www.thetricottetcollection.com/library_met_newspapers.html http://www.thetricottetcollection.com/library_met_manuscripts.html However I haven't done it until now because I don't know the laws regarding copyrights. Would someone know if diffusing a transcript instead of a scan is legal? Should articles be more than 30 years old for instance? If the newspaper does not exist anymore, is there still a copyright? What is the situation for correspondence letters that I own, from living or deceased individuals? I'm especially looking for information related to US law, but also to the Italian one. I'd like to give access to a high resolution digital copy of the famous Walter Molino drawing of Holbrook in the 1946 newspaper La Domenica del Corriere, based on a copy I own. Thank you for your help, Arnaud The Tricottet Collection (Historic Minerals, Fossils & Meteorites) http://www.thetricottetcollection.com/ http://www.facebook.com/TheTricottetCollection http://twitter.com/TricottetColl# __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] copyright questions - newspaper articles & correspondence
Dear list members, I'd like to give access on my website to transcripts of my newspaper articles and original correspondence related to meteorites (and minerals & fossils...): http://www.thetricottetcollection.com/library_met_newspapers.html http://www.thetricottetcollection.com/library_met_manuscripts.html However I haven't done it until now because I don't know the laws regarding copyrights. Would someone know if diffusing a transcript instead of a scan is legal? Should articles be more than 30 years old for instance? If the newspaper does not exist anymore, is there still a copyright? What is the situation for correspondence letters that I own, from living or deceased individuals? I'm especially looking for information related to US law, but also to the Italian one. I'd like to give access to a high resolution digital copy of the famous Walter Molino drawing of Holbrook in the 1946 newspaper La Domenica del Corriere, based on a copy I own. Thank you for your help, Arnaud The Tricottet Collection (Historic Minerals, Fossils & Meteorites) http://www.thetricottetcollection.com/ http://www.facebook.com/TheTricottetCollection http://twitter.com/TricottetColl# __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
