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I have compiled a book of poetry and short stories by my great Uncle and now I am ready to print. The book will have a small regional following, probably a full circulation of no more than 500 copies. There have been several articles ,mostly in newspapers, written about him over the years and I would like to make part of a chapter the articles written about my Uncle. I have tried to contact the papers directly, but I have not received a response. Is there a way just to properly cite the material and bypass direct permission? My plan is to reuse the whole article.
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Chances are that the articles will have copyrights, but if you have done everything possible to contact any possible rights holders including the newspapers and journalists, then you should be fine. You should also have documentation stating that you received no response, whether it be returned envelopes or even the letters you wrote them, just to be on the safe side.
As for citing the articles, on the copyright page of the book/manuscript(are you self publishing?) you should write up a disclaimer stating that you tried to contact the owners of the copyright to no avail. You should probably have your lawyer (or editor) draw something up.
Don't be surprised if the right holders show up after the fact.
Chances are that the articles will have copyrights, but if you have done everything possible to contact any possible rights holders including the newspapers and journalists, then you should be fine. You should also have documentation stating that you received no response, whether it be returned envelopes or even the letters you wrote them, just to be on the safe side.
As for citing the articles, on the copyright page of the book/manuscript(are you self publishing?) you should write up a disclaimer stating that you tried to contact the owners of the copyright to no avail. You should probably have your lawyer (or editor) draw something up.
Don't be surprised if the right holders show up after the fact.
Any budding poets like to work on a new poetry book project with me?
Shalini B
I've just started work on a book of poetry and am looking for good quality Indian poems by other new writers like myself. Also any help on finding publishers would be great!
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Hi...I've been collecting my poems and am looking for a publisher too - mail me at jitenshah73@yahoo.com.
If you want to find others, then try this Indian writer website..they have a forum for poets. Also some other job forums, so you can actually look for poetry writing projects... http://www.chillifreeze.com/Connect/Forums/tabid/76/forumid/2 3/scope/threads/Default.aspx or this one http://www.chillifreeze.com/Connect/Forums/tabid/76/Default.aspx
Hi...I've been collecting my poems and am looking for a publisher too - mail me at jitenshah73@yahoo.com.
If you want to find others, then try this Indian writer website..they have a forum for poets. Also some other job forums, so you can actually look for poetry writing projects... http://www.chillifreeze.com/Connect/Forums/tabid/76/forumid/2 3/scope/threads/Default.aspx or this one http://www.chillifreeze.com/Connect/Forums/tabid/76/Default.aspx
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