Carol...yes, I agree with you, the original author probably died and that's when they republished it... You don't have to go to the original manuscript...GPC has given you public information originally copyrighted by someone else which can not be copyrighted by either one of them... Oh, I suspect GPC would rant and rave..but twouldn't do them much good...the law is currently against them...Heard of Milles Atlas...well, one of my Coats kin did some of those original maps in there ...someone else came along and published them with a copyright notice...but darned if they're going to tell me I can't put my Coats kin info in my Archive...those maps by the way were done for the State of SC...public documents etc...they can put a copyright notice on them that covers one whole page but doesn't mean a thing... The choice is yours...but the scare tactics do work...<g>.. Charlotte >From: "Stephen and Carol Slotnick" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: copyright confusion >Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 15:50:11 -0700 > >The front of this book states that the information within was "compiled & >arranged" by Lou D. MacWethy. The next page says "Originally Published >St. >Johnsville, NY 1933, and then below that it says reprinted GPC Baltimore, >1969 and then the Library of Congress catalog card no. 69-17132. It also >says that it was copyrighted by L. MacWethy 1933. The book is called ""The >Book of Names Especially Relating to the Early Palatines and the First >Settlers in the Mohawk Valley". > >When I first went to GPC website, I saw that the book was again republished >by them this year. > >I figured the author probably died, the copyright ran out ( probably in >1961) and GPC picked it up in 1969 and republished it. But all this >assuming can get me in trouble if somehow they do have the copyright. I >know that these are public records, but I don't know how I would access the >public record, the "Palatine into England" records are in London, in the >British Museum, manuscript division. > >I have been to the copyright office site, it didn't help much, but I will >go >back there again and try to figure this out. I appreciate your help and >input!! > >Carol ><[email protected]> ><[email protected]> >---------------------------------------------------------------- >HOMEPAGE http://www.boxes-in-the-attic.com > > > _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com