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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 14:26:41 EST
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- From: Torsten Wesley Adair <torsten@cwis.unomaha.edu>
- Subject: Re: Angelou's poem and copyright law
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- ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
- On Wed, 27 Jan 1993 LIBPHILLIPS@karl.acc.iit.edu wrote:
- > ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
- > Do we have any legal right to print Angelou's poem in a library
- > newsletter? It is news, after all; it was printed in the newspaper
- > and on e-mail (not that that proves anything), and we don't charge
- > for the newsletter, but my director wants to be very careful about
- > our legal standing.
- > Anyone know for sure? Help!
- > Sharron Phillips "The weirder it gets,
- > LIBPHILLIPS@MINNA.IIT.EDU the better I like it."
- > --SR Phillips
- I didn't see a copyright notice when it was printed in the
- newspaper, but I am not an expert on copyright law. Wouldn't LC's
- copyright office have a record of it? Perhaps one of Angelou's colleagues
- could ask her when she returns to campus.
-
- Torsten Adair torsten@cwis.unomaha.edu Omaha, NE
-