[time-nuts] MIT RADIATION LABORATORY SERIES 1940-1945 (28 VOLS) on eBay

jmfranke jmfranke at cox.net
Wed Jul 13 20:49:08 UTC 2011


Thanks, I knew I had seen the statement concerning the copyright before. I 
gave a set, missing only two volumes, to a museum out west. I still have one 
or two volumes around her somewhere.

Thanks,

John  WA4WDL

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From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quik.com>
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> The copyright lapsing after 10 years statement is in the front of most of
> the red version of the books.
>
> -John
>
> ================
>
>
>> On 7/13/11 8:05 AM, jmfranke wrote:
>>> The original series was copyrighted 1947 by McGraw-Hill Book Company.
>>> The agreement with the government was the copyright would later be
>>> lifted. I know in 1964 the grey colored small size book series were
>>> printed by Boston Technical Publishers, Inc. with no copyright.
>>>
>>>
>> SO the burning question would be "where is that original agrement"..
>> (because MIT will probably not want to go digging through their files to
>> confirm or deny..)
>>
>> It might well be that McGraw-Hill holds the copyright on that particular
>> printed form (i.e. pagination, etc.) but not the contents  (e.g. Westlaw
>> can copyright their lawbooks, but not the underlying actual legal codes)
>>
>>
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