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« on: May 08, 2012, 23:34 »
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hi guys, I try to search about the copyright of a atlas book, it seems the company had bought over and no existing anymore.

the book is copyrighted 1980, saying no reproduced in anyway, without permission in writing to the publisher.

is copyright still consider legal even the company is gone?


« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2012, 23:45 »
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Yes it is.

« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2012, 00:22 »
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It is worth remembering that it it the author who holds the copyright, it this case the man who drawed the maps.
He has made an agreement with the publusher of the atlas, like we do with our pictures, and allowed the publisher to distribute the maps.
Anyway... When a publishing company, does not exist anymore, it only influences the relations between the author and the publisher, ( he might not get paid?).
But he still owns the copyright to the work.

And that does expire 70 years after he is dead.
So thats the kind of atlases you should look for, old ones, where the authors have died long ago.

« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2012, 01:20 »
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It is worth remembering that it it the author who holds the copyright, it this case the man who drawed the maps.
He has made an agreement with the publusher of the atlas, like we do with our pictures, and allowed the publisher to distribute the maps.
Anyway... When a publishing company, does not exist anymore, it only influences the relations between the author and the publisher, ( he might not get paid?).
But he still owns the copyright to the work.

And that does expire 70 years after he is dead.
So thats the kind of atlases you should look for, old ones, where the authors have died long ago.

You are right... But, there is a possibility that some maps are made by countries or national authoritys, in many cases there are not copyrighted (world map or countries maps) . Is very hard do find out this based on a single 1980 atlas.

« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2012, 02:38 »
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here in Denmark the government institutions or even the navy holds the copyright.
The maps are created by personel paid by these institutions and the institution owns the copyright.

i suggest you draw it yourself or find a really old atlas.


 

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