Sam Seaver wrote:
I contacted the writer of this blog:
http://bearalley.blogspot.com/2007/02/david-roberts.html
http://bearalley.blogspot.com/2008/12/flagrant-self-promotion-art
-o f-war.html
Who, on these two pages, mention an artist/editor named Trevor
Newton. I didn't mention Project Aon, I just enquired after the
man. Steve Holland wrote back within the hour and apparently,
the Trevor Newton he mentioned died in 2002, aged 77.
Ah. That would certainly explain the dearth of output since 2000.
:-\
Jon, what is the best thing to try next? In the event of death,
copyright passes on to the next of kin. However, there's no saying
that Mrs Newton is still around, and trying to trace the actual
holders to the second or third generation looks to be even more
difficult than finding out about the man himself.
My personal opinion is that we should go ahead and use his
artwork, since the copyright is now in such muddied waters. It is
clearly not depriving anyone of revenue, we've made a real effort
to track the holders down, but it has not proved possible. Should
anyone come forward and ask us to remove it, we could--it is most
doubtful that would ever happen. Indeed, it's most likely that the
current copyright holder (Mr Newton's children or grandchildren)
is unaware of his work for one book by an 'obscure fantasy
author'. ;-)
