>From my knowledge of copyright law (back in the days when I was a commercial photographer) it seems that a copyright must be registered before a work is published in order to preserve author's rights." Published" can mean " publicly disseminated by whatever means." Once something is published without a registered copyright, it becomes public domain and can no longer be copyrighted. Since, presumably, none of the authors of articles posted on the 'net have registered copyrights on them (and in any case none have been identified as copyrighted, which is another requirement to preserve rights) they are probably public domain - posting to a newsgroup or mailing list probably qualifies as "publication". So in all probability permission isn't necessary to use these articles elsewhere. Israel Stein On Wed, 16 Nov 1994 MarkEclark@aol.com wrote: > Bill, > > Thanks for your good ideas. I will try that drop of glue thing. It sounds > just quirky enough to work in a surprising way. > > And about the copyright discussion - - I know that some of these discussions > have already been used in chapter newsletters, with or without permission. > It can only serve to enhance our collective knowledge about the piano. > > Mark E. Clark > Conservatory of Music > University of Missouri-Kansas City >
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