From: Rushing, Erin Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 4:08 PM To: Crowley, Bianca Subject: FW: Potential copyright search FYI about documenting due diligence. From: Starun, Eryn Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 4:00 PM To: Rushing, Erin Subject: RE: Potential copyright search Great work! That’s exactly what to do: sum up your diligence in a memo to the file – but I’d print it out and finalize it with a signature so nobody later thinks it’s just a draft. You’ll want to say what you searched for, when, and what you found or did not find. From: Rushing, Erin Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 3:48 PM To: Starun, Eryn Subject: RE: Potential copyright search Hi again Eryn, Just wanted to let you know that I ran up to the Copyright Office today. A search produced the original copyright registration but no record of renewal. Do you know if there is a recommended way of documenting this info? I’d like to keep track of our due diligence but I’m not sure if there’s anything better than typing up my notes in a Word doc. Thanks for your help! Erin From: Starun, Eryn Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 9:57 AM To: Rushing, Erin Subject: RE: Potential copyright search Hello and thank you for the call just now. Here are links to the two circulars I mentioned: --How to investigate copyright status of a work, generally: http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ22.pdf --Information about the card catalog system in which you would be searching: http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ23.pdf Here is the schedule of fees that the CO charges for searching: http://www.copyright.gov/docs/fees.html Researching the Stark book will be a good introduction to the copyright-research process. And I would be happy to help develop options and work plans for “batch” clearances as needed. I’ve done this before – it’s time consuming but do-able. Cheers, Eryn From: Rushing, Erin Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 2:40 PM To: Starun, Eryn Subject: Potential copyright search Hello Eryn! Happy New Year! I hope you enjoyed a wonderful holiday season with your family and new addition : ) Our NASM reference librarian, Chris Cottrill, very much wants to scan a book entitled Blind or instrument flying? Published by Howard C. Stark in 1931 (it was published with a copyright notice). There are only nine copies in libraries around the world. We think it is unlikely that he renewed copyright and there isn’t a record in Stanford’s Copyright Renewal Database. We haven’t dug too far, but I’m assuming that tracking down Stark’s heirs for permission would be an onerous task. In this case, would it be easier to perform a copyright search at the Library of Congress? If so, is this something OGC could help with? I’m familiar with the basics of the process, but have never done one myself and am really not sure how big a task it is. We have a lot of material in the 1923-1977 range, so it would be interesting to look in to. Thanks! Erin Erin Clements Rushing Digital Images Librarian Digital Services Division, Smithsonian Institution Libraries Room 2206 MRC 154 10th Street and Constitution Ave, NW Washington, DC 20013-7012 p. 202.633.1708 f. 202.633.4313 rushinge@si.edu Do you use SIL images? Take our Galaxy of Images survey! From: Cottrill, Chris Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 11:16 AM To: Rushing, Erin Subject: Copyright Question Hi Erin, This 1931 item is in the NASM Library Blind or instrument flying? / By Howard C. Stark. Instruction book. It was self-published by the author and there are nine record holders in OCLC. Since it is not out of copyright, but was produced by an individual, (presumed deceased) do we have any leeway to copy it entirely to fulfill a request from a researcher? I am assuming no, but wanted your take on this please. Chris D. Chris Cottrill Smithsonian Institution Libraries National Air & Space Museum Room 3112, MRC 314 6th Street & Independence Ave., SW Washington, DC 20560-0314 202-633-2324 Smithsonian Institution Libraries 40th Anniversary Connecting. Ideas. Information. You.