The spoken word
… not a legal transfer It’s a question that comes up a lot in the emails to The Legal Genealogist. This time, it came from a genealogical society that wants to honor a long-time volunteer. “This volunteer has written many columns for our newsletter...Welcome to 1928!
The copyright clock keeps ticking This is the second day of January and, for many Americans, the first work day of 2024. For The Legal Genealogist, it’s the second day of 1928. No, that’s not a typo. I really do mean 1928. The year that books like D.H...More than 2000 more
Copyright-free images The Legal Genealogist has said it before and will undoubtedly say it again. It isn’t possible to overstate the debt that genealogists — and Americans — owe to Carol Highsmith.1 A debt that has just grown by more than 2000… Images, that is....Internet Archive loses copyright case
Online service says it will appeal In a case that tests the outer limits of digitization of copyrighted works, a federal judge in New York has ruled that Internet Archive infringed the copyright of four publishing houses when it scanned print copies of books and made...Welcome to 1927!
The copyright clock keeps ticking This is the second day of January and, for many Americans, the first Monday and work day of 2023. For The Legal Genealogist, it’s the second day of 1927. No, that’s not a typo. I really do mean 1927. The year that books...Copyrighting the memoir
An essential difference in ownership A reader, M.S., has spent considerable amounts of time reviewing, transcribing and readying a memoir written by his grandmother for publication. He has personally written the preface, and his sister has written a biographical note...About that legal limit…
… a copyright follow-up … The Legal Genealogist has been patiently waiting for the question to be posed. It was only a matter of time, though I will confess that it’s taken a lot longer than I thought it would. But yesterday was the day. After...The risks of orphan status
… of a copyright, that is … Copyright in the United States doesn’t last forever. It just seems to. And it doesn’t help that the expiration is, by the way the law is written, often not a simple matter. The only really clear drop-dead date under...Welcome to 1926!
The copyright clock keeps ticking For many Americans, this is the first Monday and work day of 2022. For The Legal Genealogist, it’s the third day of 1926. No, that’s not a typo. I really do mean 1926. The year that books like Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun...Subscribe by Email
