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

Author: Slater Wold

Date: 20:05:24 05/03/02

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On May 03, 2002 at 21:38:11, Jeremiah Penery wrote:

>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.

1.)  Stephen King hasn't done "contract" work in several years.  He writes a
book, and then takes it to several publishers to see who will give him the most
money to publish it.  This obviously does NOT apply here.  Most BIG authors
don't take book deals.

From the books above my computer:

Red Hat Linux 7 Unleashed
Copyright 2001 by Sams Publishing
Written by Bill Ball, David Pitts, et al.

Linux For Windows Addicts
Copyright 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies
Written by Michael Joseph Miller

Windows 2000 Server Professional Reference
Copyright 2000 by New Riders Publishing
Written by Karanjit S. Siyan, Ph.D.

The Amateur's Mind
Copyright 1999 by IM Jeremy Silman
Written by IM Jeremy Silman

More Chess Openings: Traps And Zaps 2
Copyright 1993 by Bruce Pandolfini
Written by Bruce Pandolfini

Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess
Copyright 1966 by Learning International, Inc.
Written by Bobby Fischer



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