30 Jan
2007
30 Jan
'07
6:09 p.m.
I think what happens is that if the publisher ceases to exist the copyright
reverts to the author. My limited Googling didn't provide a clue one way or
the other if Hayden survived, but Bill Maddox came up with a link that shows
Hayden was acquired (at some point) by Macmillian Publishing:
http://www.creativepro.com/company/contact/40.html
What would be the right approach to Macmillian?
Rich
Rich Cini
Collector of classic computers
Lead engineer, Altair32 Emulator
Web site: http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/
Web site: http://www.altair32.com/
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From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Grant Stockly
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 8:41 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Book publishers
At 04:29 PM 1/30/2007, you wrote:
1986."
Does anyone know what happened to Hayden Books? I have a robot
book that described a robot built with a KIM-1 and I want to scan it and
post it to 6502.org. I did some Googling and I can't find any current
references for them. Any idea if the imprint was acquired or did they just
pass quietly.
I wanted to do the same thing. I contacted the author of a book and he
had no idea. Here is what he said.
"Most of that company was sold in the mid 1980s and I don't know which
company, if any, ended up with the copyrights to the books. It might
reside with Penton Media (headquartered in Cleveland) since they acquired
in 1989 most of properties that were first sold to VNU, a Dutch publishing
company in 1986. I don't know if the Book division was part of those sales
or if it was just disbanded or sold to yet another publishing company in
If you ask any of those companies, they will assume they do own the rights
and just say "NO".
Here is what the US copyright office says:
"How can I find out who owns a copyright?
We can provide you with the information available in our records. A search
of registrations, renewals, and recorded transfers of ownership made
before 1978 requires a manual search of our files. Upon request, our staff
will search our records at the statutory rate of $150 for each hour. There
is no fee if you conduct a search in person at the Copyright Office.
Copyright registrations made and documents recorded from 1978 to date are
available for searching online. For further information, see Circular 22,
How to Investigate the Copyright Status of a Work, and Circular 23,
Copyright Card Catalog and the Online File."
My question would be...if the company that produced the book no longer
exists and no one bothered to get the copyright renewed...then is the book
public domain or at least owned by the author?
This is the book and the search records that came up at the copyright
office:
The search turns up:
1. Registration Number: TX-450-663
Title: The S-100 bus handbook / Dave Bursky.
Imprint: Rochelle Park, N. J. : Hayden Book Co., c1980.
Description: 257 p.ISBN: ISBN 0-8104-0897-X.
Claimant: Hayden Book Company, Inc.
Created: 1979
Published: 21Mar80
Registered: 11Apr80
Special Codes: 1/B///A
Grant