I'm not sure how to figure that one. Would changing something in the title. Maps are maps for the most part but they do change slightly all the time. Roads get built/moved, all kinds of little changes. Would a book of maps from 1956 be the same as a similar book from 1965. I guess you could always use them and if they squawk take them down. There's an old saying, "It's always easier to beg forgiveness than to ask permission." *<]:oD On 06/28/2012 08:17 AM, Jeanne Hicks wrote: > I found this book at a thrift shop, thinking that even if I cannot > use the entire book, I could at least use parts of it. But I wanted > to check the copyright on the book, just the same. > > The book is entitled Our United States ... Its History in Maps By > Edgar B Wesley Stanford University University of Minnesota Published > by Denoyer-Geppert Company Copyright 1956 by Denoyer-Geppert Company > First Edition Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: Map 56-1 > Second Printing 1957 > > Okay, so I went to the website Billie told us about to check if a > publication was still in copyright. Using the LOC number, nothing > comes up, but if you type in the title (I always try several > different ways, just in case...), It is one of 1450 books by the > Denoyer-Geppert Company in copyright from 1965, plus the title is > slightly different -- instead of the three dots, it is a colon. > > So, is this still in copyright? Is the copyright on the same book? > > Anyone have any ideas? > > Btw, credit for several of the maps it contains are to the National > Park Service, so I will get these scanned for use. I cannot use all > of them, but I'm sure that someone else can! > > Jeanne/jmh -- “The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government lest it come to dominate our lives and interests”. - Patrick Henry - _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._

This company is doing human anatomy stuff, not maps anymore. David On 6/28/2012 10:02 AM, Billie Walsh wrote: > I'm not sure how to figure that one. Would changing something in the > title. Maps are maps for the most part but they do change slightly all > the time. Roads get built/moved, all kinds of little changes. Would a > book of maps from 1956 be the same as a similar book from 1965. I guess > you could always use them and if they squawk take them down. There's an > old saying, "It's always easier to beg forgiveness than to ask > permission." *<]:oD > > On 06/28/2012 08:17 AM, Jeanne Hicks wrote: >> I found this book at a thrift shop, thinking that even if I cannot >> use the entire book, I could at least use parts of it. But I wanted >> to check the copyright on the book, just the same. >> >> The book is entitled Our United States ... Its History in Maps By >> Edgar B Wesley Stanford University University of Minnesota Published >> by Denoyer-Geppert Company Copyright 1956 by Denoyer-Geppert Company >> First Edition Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: Map 56-1 >> Second Printing 1957 >> >> Okay, so I went to the website Billie told us about to check if a >> publication was still in copyright. Using the LOC number, nothing >> comes up, but if you type in the title (I always try several >> different ways, just in case...), It is one of 1450 books by the >> Denoyer-Geppert Company in copyright from 1965, plus the title is >> slightly different -- instead of the three dots, it is a colon. >> >> So, is this still in copyright? Is the copyright on the same book? >> >> Anyone have any ideas? >> >> Btw, credit for several of the maps it contains are to the National >> Park Service, so I will get these scanned for use. I cannot use all >> of them, but I'm sure that someone else can! >> >> Jeanne/jmh > > >