[bksvol-discuss] Re: boot camp for christians
- From: "Jake Brownell" <jabrown@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 21:24:36 -0500
Tracy,
Again like I said, BookShare is undoubtedly attempting to verify
copyright elsewhere to avoid any potential legal issues that could arise if
they don't have the correct copyright on file. OCR can be wrong, and like
Julie said, someone could have just typed that information in.
Jake
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 12:56 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: boot camp for christians
> Jake and Mike,
> All I meant was, if the book says, plain as day, copyright so-and-so, why
> isn't that good enough?
> Reference the Wild Bill nightmare, where the book says the copyright date
> and holder, copyright.gov agrees, and it still gets kicked back.
> I guess I do want to know what Gustavo is thinking, because there is
> something here I'm not getting. But I still have no desire to become a
> copyright lawyer. I just want some simple, easy-to-follow, guideline. I
> miss Jesse; he was good at those.
>
> Tracy
> At 08:40 AM 7/6/05 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hey Tracy,
> > Gustavo has kicked the book back to the validation page with requests
> >for verification of copyright four times now. This does seem to suggest
that
> >the information needs to be verifiable somewhere else.
> > For instance, I actually validated something (surprise!) a while back
> >and had it sent back to the validation page for copyright verification. I
> >was unable to find the information on the Library of Congress website,
but I
> >did find a sample chapter of the book on the publisher's website. That
page
> >also had the same copyright information as the book and so I reuploaded
the
> >book referencing the site and Gustavo approved it.
> > On the other hand, I validated a book a while back and Gustavo sent
that
> >one back too (notice a pattern, I must be jinxed), but I never did find
the
> >necessary info and so I allowed the book to make it's way back to step
one.
> >Quite a shame too, the scan was excellent, but I had read it and made a
few
> >corrections.
> >
> > Since we generally scan books and we know the problems OCR can have,
it
> >might be a BookShare policy to have a second place to make sure copyright
> >info is correct. I for one am glad that BookShare is actively attempting
to
> >make sure it follows the law...after all we all want it to stick around
> >*grin*
> >
> >HTH,
> >Jake
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione@xxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 8:26 AM
> >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] boot camp for christians
> >
> >
> >> Mike,
> >> I don't think we have to worry so much about what the copyright office
> >has,
> >> or doesn't have, so long as there is a copyright name and date in the
> >book.
> >> We aren't lawyers, just volunteers. If the book says so-and-so has the
> >> copyright, that should be good enough. I don't want to know the
> >intracacies
> >> of copyright law! :.)
> >> Tracy
> >>
> >>
> >>
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