Special Collections Copy Policies & Copyright Law
Patrons may request paper photocopies or digital images of book pages or documents by telephone, mail or email. When requesting archives or manuscript documents by email, please indicate collection name in the subject line and be as specific as possible about the document or information you seek. If you prefer receiving paper photocopies by mail, don't forget to provide the address to which they are to be sent.
We reserve the right to refuse to copy if we feel the materials are too fragile or if copyright or other restrictions apply.
Copy Charges
| Paper photocopies or digital (pdf) images: | |
| 1-10 copies/images (minimum charge) | $5.00 |
| Each additional copy/image | $.25 |
| Photographs (jpg, tiff, etc) | $7.50-10.00 |
Payment must be received in advance and may be made by cash, check, money order or charge (MC, Visa, Discover). If you wish to use a debit or credit card, we would suggest you call us rather than email the account number & expiration date. If you prefer sending a check or money order, make it payable to Truman State University and mail to:
| Special Collections Department Pickler Memorial Library Truman State University Kirksville, MO 63501 (660) 785-4537 |
Acknowledgements
When publishing or exhibiting from our Archives or manuscript
collections, please acknowledge with the following:
Courtesy of [name of collection], Special Collections Department, Pickler
Memorial Library, Truman State University
Copyright
Warning Concerning Copyright Restrictions: The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or reproduction that is not to be "used for any other purpose other than private study, scholarship or research". If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use" that use may be liable for copyright infringement.
Truman State University does not own copyright to intellectual and/or artistic properties of images or documents, published or unpublished, in any of our manuscript collections. Nor does the University have the right to grant any permissions which might be necessary under the provisions of the privacy laws. While it is not our responsibility to obtain permission for our patrons to use or publish, we will do our best to provide information that will help secure permission.
The following chart is provided as a quick reference for unpublished (manuscript) works and works published in the United States. It was originally published in Hirtle, Peter B. "Recent Changes To the Copyright Law: Copyright Term Extension," Archival Outlook (January/February 1999): 1-4, and is updated annually. The complete version includes works published outside the US, some special cases and more extensive explanations and may be found at http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/training/Hirtle_Public_Domain.htm.
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Copyright Term and the Public Domain
in the United States |
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Unpublished Works |
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Type of Work |
Copyright Term |
In the Public Domain as of January 1, 2009 |
| Unpublished works | Life of the author + 70 years | Works from authors who died before 1939 |
| Unpublished anonymous and pseudonymous works, and works made for hire (corporate authorship) | 120 years from date of creation | Works created before 1889 |
| Unpublished works created before 1977 that were published after 1977 but before 2003 | Life of the author + 70 years, or 31 Dec 2048, whichever is greater | Nothing. The soonest the works can enter public domain is 1 Jan 2049 |
| Unpublished works created before 1978 that are published after December 31, 2002 | Life of the author + 70 years | Works of authors who died before 1939 |
| Unpublished works when the death date of the author is not known (1) | 120 years from date of creation (2) | Works created before 1889 (2) |
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Published Works |
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Date of Publication |
Conditions |
Copyright Term |
| Before 1923 | None | In public domain |
| 1923 through 1977 | Published without a copyright notice | In public domain |
| January 1,1978 to Marcb 1, 1989 | Published without notice and without subsequent registration | In public domain |
| January 1,1978 to March 1, 1989 | Published without notice but with subsequent registration | 70 years after death of author, or if work of corporate author, the shorter of 95 years from publication, or 120 years from creation |
| 1923 through 1963 | Published with notice but copyright was not renewed (3) | In public domain |
| 1923 through1963 | Published with notice and the copyright was renewed (3) | 95 years after publication date |
| 1964 through1977 | Published with notice | 95 years after publication date |
| 1978 to March 1, 1989 | Published with notice | 70 years after death of author, or if work of corporate author, the shorter of 95 years from publication, or 120 years from creation |
| After March 1, 1989 | None | 70 years after death of author, or if work of corporate author, the shorter of 95 years from publication, or 120 years from creation |
| These two charts are based in part on
Laura N. Gasaway's chart, "When Works Pass Into the Public Domain," at
http://www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm
and similar charts found in Marie C. Malaro, A Legal Primer On managing
Museum Collections (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998):
155-156.
1 These works may still be copyrighted, but certification from the Copyright Office that it has no record to indicate whether author is living or died less than 70 years before is a complete defense to any action for infringement. 2 Presumption as to author's death requires a certified report from the Copyright Office that its records disclose nothing to indicate that the author of the work is living or died less than 70 years before. 3 A 1961 Copyright Office study found that fewer than 15% of all registered copyrights were renewed. For textual material (including books), the figure was even lower: 7%. See current version of this chart for good sources to determine if copyright has been renewed. |
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