[corpus_christi_online] Re: Stations of the Cross
- From: <jccorson@xxxxxxxx>
- To: corpus_christi_online@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 9:09:13 -0400
Thanks Chris, I appreciate the info. I'll pass it along
John C.
>
> From: Chris Telling <ctelling@xxxxxxx>
> Date: 2002/08/07 Wed PM 10:00:04 EDT
> To: <corpus_christi_online@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> John Corson <jcorson@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [corpus_christi_online] Re: Stations of the Cross
>
>
> > Chris,
> >
> > Fr Jim was concerned about copyright laws on the text youve chosen. Talk to
> > me!
> >
> The stations of the cross meditation is from:
>
> THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS
> by Cardinal Newman,
>
> in his Meditations and Devotions, Longman's and Green (1893)
>
> Copyright law states that "copyright expires after 70 years", and no matter
> what anything older than 95 years is no longer copyrighted... The law is
> below, there are pretty good resources on the net about copyright also:
>
> http://www.copyright.com/CopyrightResources/default.asp
>
> > Can I use anything that I did not create myself?
> >
> > Yes. For example, works in the public domain are freely available to
> > everyone.
> > Public domain materials in the U.S. fall into two major groups: (1) works
> > where the copyright has expired (generally materials created before 1923,
> > plus
> > some later works), and works of the federal government. Both groups have
> > exceptions, though. Do not automatically assume that if a work appears to
> > fall
> > into one of these groups, it is in the public domain. For example,
> > Shakespeare's original works are in the public domain, but recent movie
> > versions of these plays are not. And while works by the federal government
> > are
> > in the public domain, works prepared for the federal government frequently
> > are
> > not.
>
> http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/title17/
>
> Therefore I can do what I wish with Cardinal Newman's text, as long as I
> credit it (which I do, when you click on the "complete meditations").
>
> I've become somewhat of an expert on "fair use" and copyright law due to my
> start-up company's website and the issues raised there...
>
> Hope that helps...
>
> Chris
>
>
>
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