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Subject: Re: So I contacted a lawyer today, Jeroen............

Author: Jeremiah Penery

Date: 18:38:11 05/03/02

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On May 03, 2002 at 20:35:24, James Robertson wrote:

>I believe this is wrong: open any book and look for the copywrite in the first
>few pages. You'll find something like (C) 1997, Addison-Wesley Publishing
>Company, Inc., not (C) followed by the author.

I looked in several books to check this prior to my posting.  They all said
something like:
Copyright (C) 1981 by Frank Herbert
Copyright (C) Stephen King, 1986
Copyright (C) 1994 by Richard Lederer and Michael Gilleland

However, I looked in a textbook entitled "Intermediate Algebra", which was
wriiten by Larry R. Mugridge of Kutztown University, and the Copyright is in the
name of the publisher:  "Copyright (C) 1994, 1991 by Saunders College
Publishing".

It depends on whether it is considered a "work made for hire" or not.  I know
some of the books I have were contracted by the publisher to be written by the
author, yet the author still holds copyright.  In the case of Rebel's Opening
book, it sounds to me like the copyright should be held by Jeroen Noomen.



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