Hi all, There are different copyright rules around - and the Russian copyright is different. All this work and the charts originate from Russia - so you need to look at Russian copyright laws. You can copyright invention and creative art and things that your mind created and conclusions that you reach from your esearch - or anybody's research. [ Your research proves, e.g. that Peter the Great's real father was a Red Indian. ] You can't copyright facts and figures. Only your interpretation of them can be copyrighted. Did Pleve copyright his work? Don't forget, most of his research was sub-contracted to his students. That said, all my charts from Russia and photocopies from the archives are copyrighted. Russian masterpieces or old masters are copyrighted by the museums - but actually, all it means is that the museum /art gallery holds the copyright (not to the original work) but to the image/photo that they made and sold to you. You buy the copyright to use their photo of an old master in your art book, eg. Same with the archives. The archives photocopy stuff for me and those 'photocopies' are copyrighted. You can take the info and use it, of course, for your own research. I've just pulled off my bookshelf Alexander Solchenitsyn's books in English translation. The copyright of the novels belong to the author. The translator holds the copyright to his translation of the novels. The publishing house that paid the author and the translator holds NOTHING. However, in Russia, lots of books give you 3 copyrights: authors, translators and publishers or, e.g., the academic institution which published the research ! I think the problem here on the list is - some want to share everything in a state of generous euphoria, whole others - having invested a ton of time and money, want to recuperate at least some funds, not because they are greedy, but because they wish to recycle the income into further research. ...my problem is, that while I do not mind sharing with my nearest and dearest who have supported me in my efforts, what do I do with those 'cousins' who have been singularly unresponsive, uncaring, uncommunicative - and now expect the same handouts from me as those who really tried to help me along the way ??? I always admire all those of you who publish books for sale. My lot of relatives and friends wouldn't dream to spending a penny on my lifelong efforts, believing that it is their due - Since they are blood relatives, they do believe they have a right to ownership, even if I send about 10 yrs and trace us my to Mary Magdalena. What to do in my case ? Vera

Actually with foreign rights, translations, I've had several books I've written translated into German, Polish, Czechoslovakian, etc., and the publishing houses that have hired the various translators to translate the books actually own the Copyright. Not the translators. If an author holds the Copyright, not the publisher, and if that author sells Copyright privileges directly to the translator, the translator has the Copyright on the translated book. Typically, Publishing Houses hash all of this stuff out as different countries have different laws with regard to Copyright.. Vera Beljakova <atacama@global.co.za> wrote: Hi all, There are different copyright rules around - and the Russian copyright is different. All this work and the charts originate from Russia - so you need to look at Russian copyright laws. You can copyright invention and creative art and things that your mind created and conclusions that you reach from your esearch - or anybody's research. [ Your research proves, e.g. that Peter the Great's real father was a Red Indian. ] You can't copyright facts and figures. Only your interpretation of them can be copyrighted. Did Pleve copyright his work? Don't forget, most of his research was sub-contracted to his students. That said, all my charts from Russia and photocopies from the archives are copyrighted. Russian masterpieces or old masters are copyrighted by the museums - but actually, all it means is that the museum /art gallery holds the copyright (not to the original work) but to the image/photo that they made and sold to you. You buy the copyright to use their photo of an old master in your art book, eg. Same with the archives. The archives photocopy stuff for me and those 'photocopies' are copyrighted. You can take the info and use it, of course, for your own research. I've just pulled off my bookshelf Alexander Solchenitsyn's books in English translation. The copyright of the novels belong to the author. The translator holds the copyright to his translation of the novels. The publishing house that paid the author and the translator holds NOTHING. However, in Russia, lots of books give you 3 copyrights: authors, translators and publishers or, e.g., the academic institution which published the research ! I think the problem here on the list is - some want to share everything in a state of generous euphoria, whole others - having invested a ton of time and money, want to recuperate at least some funds, not because they are greedy, but because they wish to recycle the income into further research. ...my problem is, that while I do not mind sharing with my nearest and dearest who have supported me in my efforts, what do I do with those 'cousins' who have been singularly unresponsive, uncaring, uncommunicative - and now expect the same handouts from me as those who really tried to help me along the way ??? I always admire all those of you who publish books for sale. My lot of relatives and friends wouldn't dream to spending a penny on my lifelong efforts, believing that it is their due - Since they are blood relatives, they do believe they have a right to ownership, even if I send about 10 yrs and trace us my to Mary Magdalena. What to do in my case ? Vera ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Carla Wills-Brandon, Ph.D. www.carlawillsbrandon.com Death is just a bus stop before the next trip!