[78-L] [ARSCLIST] Catalogs, booklets, ephemera etc. wasEverest Records catalog circa 1960

[Steven C. Barr]

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From: "Thomas Stern" <sternth at attglobal.net>
>  Anyone know what the (US) copyright is on printed material - it used to 
> be
> something like
> 28 years, renewable another 28 (=56 years), which would make anything up 
> to
> c.53 public domain.
>  One would hope that ephemera such as flyers and catalogs are NOT
> copyright, the
> booklets probably are.  It might be in the name of the authors (such as 
> Alan
> Lomax for booklets
> for the RCA and Decca 78s.)  One would hope the Lomax archives would grant
> permission if needed,
> and others might follow that lead (again, if needed).
>  IMAGES of these booklets might be exempt, or under fair use.
>  Another reason that Loc, Smithsonian, or a University would be a 
> preferred
> repository since they
> would have the resources to explore these issues, AND they have special
> rights regarding copyright.
>
IIRC, Record catalogs (and, I presume, supplements) usually had copyright
notices in them...either second or last pages of them.

Steven C. Barr