Re: what are orphan works?
Erica Frank <[email protected]>
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On 9/27/09, jon <jonjermey-sFbbPxZDHXw0n/[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 9:17 AM, joseph harris <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I am genuinely puzzled at what exactly people do expect to find that is of value. I'm not asking for either justification of the general idea, nor of the view opposing that. I don't think I've seen a fistful of actual examples, or even genuine areas that are going to produce this 'great benefit'. > > > > > Here's a fistful for you: > > Between 1924 and 1960 the British author John Rhode wrote all the books > listed below under a variety of names. Guess how many of them are now in > print? Two or three at the most. Yet Rhode was a famous and established > writer who was and is much loved by his fans, and produced a unique type > of detective story which has never been surpassed. How are these "orphaned?" Were they re-registered, and the person or heir of the person who registered them is unfindable? If they were published in the US, and weren't re-registered with the US copyright office 28 years (+/-1) after their original publication, those are in the public domain. -- "I follow Eris blindly in all things. That She is the Goddess of Chaos simplifies this immensely." -- Christian the Pagan ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ Post a message: ebook-community [[at]] * Unsubscribe: ebook-community-unsubscribe [[at]] * Switch to digest: ebook-community-digest [[at]] * Switch to normal: ebook-community-normal [[at]] * Put mail on hold: ebook-community-nomail [[at]] * Administrator: ebook-community-owner [[at]] * (* == yahoogroups.com) -------------------------------------------------------Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ebook-community/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ebook-community/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:ebook-community-fullfeatured-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw@public.gmane.org <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: ebook-community-unsubscribe-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw@public.gmane.org <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/