CaldwellGenealogy.com Discussion ForumRe: Copywright?
By:David Andrew Caldwell
Date: 10:14 4/15/02 In Response To: Copywright? (Barbara Randolph)
I have excerpted much of what I have written from a copywritten book that I published several years ago, that is in a number of libraries. The books were laser printed on high content cotton paper and contain several illustrations, including the portrait of Rev. David Caldwell. Each of my four children, brothers and sisters, and a few cousins, were given copies. I have never sold nor tried to sell any books. Here and there on these webpages I have rewritten portions in light of new knowledge. You, for example, brought my attention to Rev. Levi ?. I had to rewrite what I had written about Rev. David Caldwell's connections to slavery after rereading Levi's book. I have to say that the work of Tom Caldwell, John Caldwell, Barry Robertson, and others on these webpages has been very helpful, especially related to our Scottish origins. Here at this website I was limited as to many pages I could post, and had to split sections that originally extended to 15 pages or more, and at times have been erratic, sometimes forgetting to add the copyright notice to each half of what I split in two. Copyright law does not require that the symbol be attached. The copyright law allows "fair use" of copyright publications without any fee. For people selling publications, that allows you to take a slice but not eat the whole pie. My expectation is that readers of this webpage will give me attribution when they quote or paraphrase what I have written, in the manner that I did when I quoted or cited references to my sources. Eventually I want to make my book primarily a work of photographs rather than text. My chief hobby is photography. I intend to visit the places described in my writings -- Caldwell hamlets, Renfrewshire, Ayrshire, Drumore Township, Lancaster County, The Great Wagon Trail, Greensboro, Mecklenberg, Greene County, etc. A publisher told me that current ink jet printers such as the Epson 5500 provide better print quality and 200 year archival properties than he can achieve with machine printing. His customers are disappointed when he shows them the final publication after they have seen the inkjet prints. I have seen less expensive inkjet printers for about $500 that are also capable of incredible black and white tonal scales, and color reproduction, detail, and beauty. Messages In This Thread
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