G.Cindy,Could you post the URLs for the Library of Congress Catalog and the US Copyright Office that you use for copyright look-up? I forgot to keep them... smile.
Thanks! Judy s. cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Grandma Cindy wrote:
That's the answer I came up with, too, after checking the Library of Congress Catalog. I didn't think of World Cat for catalog info, but I've used it for other things. I think it's great and hope it continues to be available to us, the public. G.Cindy --- Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:I wanted to expand on copyright issues a bit, after discussing this morewith Carrie.As many of you know, copyright notice is required as part of the Chafee Amendment, specifically we must "include a copyright notice identifying the copyright owner and the date of the original publication." So, the problem comes up on occasion, especially with older books, on exactly who the copyright owner is when the title or similar pages don't say. Our goal is to be diligent about getting this right, but I believethat we don't have to reject books based on this. We should be able tosearch the U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress and WorldCat.org to see what the copyright owner and date of original publication is. In this case of the book Ideas and beliefs of the Victorians: an historic revaluation of the Victorian Age, the author seemed to be the British Broadcasting Corporation and the publisher Sylvan Press. The date of original publication was clearly 1949. So, I voted for Sylvan Press as the copyright owner: basically a default to publisher policy if the copyright owner isn't clearly indicated in the book itself or these three authoritative data sources. If we're wrong, and the BBC contacts us to make this point, we change it. The odds of this happening are pretty darn long, and the difference is minor: our users still get access to this book in the U.S. under Chafee. I'll check with our real attorney to confirm this as a reasonablepolicy. JimTo unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.WISH LIST (called Requested Additions To The Bookshare Collection)is available at http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/Book_Requests.htmhttp://www.friendsofbookshare.org/ http://studentpages.alma.edu/~07jmyate/book_requests.htm www.jbrownell.com for miscellaneous and useful threads ____________________________________________________________________________________Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hsTo unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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