At 01:20 AM 10/17/00 -0400, Tom Thatcher wrote: >I see nothing has appeared on the list yet. Did you get a private answer? The following is what I sent to Jacquie ( Ihad intended it to go to the list): Hi, The book is in the public domain for at least 2 reasons. (1) All U.S. Government documents are in the public domain. EXCEPTION: any portion of U.S. Government documents that are from copyrighted non-government sources remain copyrighted. An example might be the text from a novel quoted in a copyright infringement court case. (2) In the year your book was apparently published, a valid copyright notice was required for any protected work published in the United States. Any work that failed to have the copyright notice automatically went into the public domain upon publication. Since the book is in the public domain, anything from it may be used for web pages or other uses. Additional copyright related information can be found at my copyright webpages: http://www.cswnet.com/~sbooks/genealogy/copyright/copyright.htm Mike Goad Check out http://www.cswnet.com/~sbooks/genealogy/ for other genealogy related resources such as copyright issues, DAR Patriot Index lookups, Cousins Cross-reference table and more. >My book in question has no copyright mark in it. This is what is written >inside: >Treasury Department >United States Coast Guard >United States >Government Printing Office >Washington : 1964 >For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing >Office >Washington D.C., 20402 - Price $2.00 > >The book was "authored" by a Commander USCGR (T) and who's name also >appears on the Preface. The Foreword is written and signed by an Admiral >of the U.S. Coast Guard. As I understand the workings of this book, it's >suppose to be the Coast Guard's version of the "rum wars" that took >place during 1920 to 1935. > >LC Control Number: 64061298 >Type of Material: Book (Print, Microfilm, Electronic, etc.) >Brief Description: Willoughby, Malcolm Francis. >Rum war at sea by Malcolm F. Willoughby. >[Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1964] >xii, 183 p. illus., col. maps (on lining papers) ports. 24 cm. >CALL NUMBER: HJ6645 .W55 >Copy 1 >-- Request in: Jefferson or Adams Bldg General or Area Studies Reading >Rms >-- Status: Not Charged > >Is this book, "Rum War At Sea" an uncopyrightable government document? >And is it considered "public domain" regardless of it's 1964 date? The >reason I'm looking into this issue is because (as a family historian and >a helpful researcher to others like myself) - I'd like to transcribe an >APPENDIX A in the book that lists vessels' names and what happened to >them, so that family researchers who may be hunting for information to >verify their existence. Also, would I be able to transcribe the INDEX to >a homepage so other's might be able to use it as a genealogical or >historical research tool? > >Thank you very much for your time. I really do appreciate it. >Regards, >Jacquie Baral