Book People Archive

Re: Alice Hegan books


On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, David S. Carter wrote:
> At 11:58 AM -0500 on 3/6/01, Joseph Pietro Riolo wrote:
> 
> >In other words, if a book was printed and was available
> >only to very few people without any further distribution
> >or reproduction, it is not considered as "published".
> 
> Interesting. Several years ago I wrote for a semi-pro APA which had a 
> circulation of about 25-30. I always considered the stuff I wrote 
> there to be published for copyright purposes, but this interpretation 
> might mean that it wasn't. (I since made much of the material 
> available on my Website, thus making it very widely available...)

If you don't have any restrictions on who can get your article
and you don't impose any restrictions on people who have your
article about showing or giving your article to other people
(distribution), then, your work is considered as published.

On the other hand, for example, you make 20 copies of your article.
You tell to each person that you give a copy to, "This copy is mine
and mine only.  I don't give you permission to show it to anyone
else.  You can take it home but hide it away from the public and
it is for your eyes only."  (I am exaggerating a bit but you get
my point.)  Your article is not considered as published.

The above is just a very small bit of big concept about publication.
If you have _The Public Domain_ by Attorney Stephen Fishman, you
can get more information in chapter 3 from page 28 to 32.

I mentioned about publication because the year alone is not sufficient
to determine if a material is in the public domain.  Both year and
status of publication must be considered to determine whether a
material is in the public domain.  For the most of the times, this
is not a problem.  Yet, it is not something that can be overlooked.

Joseph Pietro Riolo
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