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- From: hrubin@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin)
- Subject: Copyright duration Was: Re: High Prices of Math Books. I am pissed.
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- References: <C0nI4K.KzD@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <1iqikbINN583@master.cs.rose-hulman.edu>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 14:58:28 GMT
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- In article <1iqikbINN583@master.cs.rose-hulman.edu> brock@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (Bradley W. Brock) writes:
- >In article <C0nI4K.KzD@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> hrubin@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Herman
- >Rubin) writes:
- >> It is not that uncommon that I would like to use as a text a book which
- >> is out of print. It used to be that a copyright was for 44 years; I
- >> believe it is now lasts until 50 years after the death of the author.
-
- >I thought copyrights lasted for 28 years and were renewable, and that
- >photocopying an out-of-print book was legal. Can anyone verify this?
-
- The first question was raised on misc.legal. The duration of a copyright
- is until 50 years after the death of the last author, or 75 years if it
- was put out by a corporation.
-
- As to the second question, the answer depends on the use. There are
- "fair use" provisions for copyrighted material, and these are not
- totally clear. However, if you want to use the book as a textbook
- for a course, the answer is generally no. Our department is using
- such a book as a textbook, and royalty costs are about 40% of what
- the student has to pay for it.
- --
- Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399
- Phone: (317)494-6054
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