I spoke to Gustavo week before last about the
problem of kicking books back
to the Step 1 page due to copyright issues. He says
that the main reason it
is happening is because some volunteers do not
understand what copyright is
and that they are entering the publisher's name in
the copyright field
instead of the copyright holder.
That is why I downloaded The Abortion Myth to take a
look for myself at its
copyright page. If you read Elizabeth's earlier
messages related to her
problems with the copyright for that book, she said
more than once that the
copyright seems to be the publisher. She asked for
help verifying the
copyright and expressed frustration over the book
not being accepted. As
you can see from the following copyright statement
taken from the downloaded
book, the copyright says that the holder is Leslie
Cannold, who is the
author, not the publisher.
Copyright © Leslie Cannold, 1998
E, I don't mean to be picking on you. You just
happen to be the first one
with a copyright issue since I spoke with Gustavo
about the problem.
The Bookshare staff is looking into updating the
validation instructions to
explain how to identify the copyright holder and
copyright date to prevent
future frustration by volunteers.
Gerald
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Kaitlyn
What Gustavo apparently is looking for is
verification of the copyright
from a source that isn't the book itself.
The easiest one, if it is listed, is the database of
the U.S. copyright
office.
Other possibilities include other web sources or a
note from the copyright
holder.
The book itself appears not to be enough.
Why, beats me!!
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