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From: "Ann Propst" <>
Subject: Re: [COPYRIGHT] Yearbooks and Directories - back to Deb!
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:24:22 -0400
In-Reply-To: <5308d96b0803161347u2a8ad3bg40ac1de32d3c649a@mail.gmail.com>


Deb,



I, for one, would not like my data published on any web site even though I
graduated over 55 years ago. I receive enough stuff from unwanted
individuals via Class Reunion Committees to choke a horse! The company that
publishes these books cares less about former students.



Unless all individuals you list are dead, dead and more dead, you are
releasing very private information that puts an individual in jeopardy for
identity theft. My husband's parents are very much alive in their middle
90s!



Ann K. Propst, Brevard, NC



-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 4:48 PM
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Subject: [COPYRIGHT] Yearbooks and Directories



Hi to all - first post here.



I have some high school yearbooks and some city directories. I'd like

to "publish" them on the web. Let me be more specific as I have

several questions.



For yearbooks:



1) I know data is data, so to create an index of names shouldn't be a

problem = say "the graduating clas of 19xx" in xyz high school in the

town of xxxx.



Seems that's an extraction of data - creating an index - so should be

ok from a copyright point of view.



Would also keep in mind "up to what year" given privacy of living
individuals



2) But what about other yearbook contents? Specifically - the
photographs.



Does the copyright belong to the original photography studio or the

publisher of the yearbook? Are those ok to use if before 1923 (or

whatever the correct year is in the US) .. or should I be checking on

a case by case basis - yearbook by yearbook? Do yearbooks go into

the public domain, but the photos don't? (You see why I"m here asking

questions!)



What of the websites out there that are publishing yearbook data and

photos? (Not to say if something exists, it's ok --- just wondering

if it "is" ok)



For city directories:



1) Guess it's two different things to (a) do a scan of an original vs

(b) do transcriptions or indexing of data FROM an orginal - AND THEN -

talk of "from what years".



2) And too - is it different to talk of the text information vs the

images (display ads)? (rather like the photo question in the

yearbooks)



3) Can I create and post on the web - transcriptions of city

directory listings - taken from either print originals or microfilms

of originals or scans of orginals - text index lists (that in turn

point to where originals or films or scans can be found)? And if so

- for which years?



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Yearbooks and city directories

What I can or can't create - index lists and transcriptions - posted

on the web - for what years - given copyright laws - for text and

images

Thanks for any info - or pointers to resources to check out. :)



Deb



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