For one thing, you need to check the nationality of all contributors - author(s) and illustrator(s), check for misspellings, check for renewals under the publisher name, etc.

The official rule 6 notes are linked off the PGLAF page: http://copy.pglaf.org/rule6-new.txt

Unofficially, most of our Rule 6 notes are on the DP wiki:
http://www.pgdp.net/wiki/PGRule6

I'd start with:
http://www.pgdp.net/wiki/PGRule6/DetailedRule6Procedure
http://www.pgdp.net/wiki/PGRule6/Rule6Template

Our author notes are SF heavy, of course. Periodicals also have their own wrinkles.

I've processed many Rule 6 clearances, but they sometimes take quite a bit of research.

-R C

On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 10:17 AM, James Simmons <nicestep@gmail.com> wrote:
I just had a couple of TP&V's rejected because the books were
published after 1922 and I didn't follow the Rule 6 procedures.  I
have read every word on the PG website related to Rule 6 and I'll be
damned if I can figure out just what those procedures are.  The Rule 6
HOWTO is blank and has been for months.

Specifically I have several books that the Stanford copyright renewal
database does not show being renewed.  In several cases books by the
same author *are* shown as being renewed, so I would have assumed that
if the books in question had been renewed there would be a record of
it.  I pointed this out when I submitted the TP&V's.

Is it even possible to get a Rule 6 clearance without a letter from
the author or a professional search by the LOC?

James Simmons
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