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Re: Image copyrights, again

From: Jean-Michel Margot <jmmargot~at~mindspring.com>
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 15:15:33 -0400
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>

>The question of copyright permissions has been raised by an editor
>considering an article I have submitted for possible publication. I
>believe that this concern has been raised on the list before, but I would
>like to confirm my memory of the conclusion of list participants at that time.
>
>Am I correct in assuming that permission is no longer needed for
>reproduction of images from the Hetzel illustrated editions of the
>_Voyages extraordinaires_ published prior to 1904 (i.e., 100 years ago)?

Fifty years after the death of the author (not counting the wars years),
his material (text and illustrations) are in the public domain in France.
It's now 40 years that scholars around the world duplicate Hetzel's Verne
engravings in their scholarly publications.


Jean-Michel Margot
Received on Wed 01 Sep 2004 - 22:25:17 IDT

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