On 19 Jun 2005, at 17:06, Robert Cicconetti wrote:
Is my understanding correct enough to go through with an official clearance request? Or shall I hunt for older copies? Potter books are not rare, but finding the older ones is more difficult.
In this case I would say you even have a duty to your readers to use the newer reproductions. :-) The deciding court case in the US is Bridgeman v. Corel. A lot has been written about it on the web. The court's decision hinged on the concept of originality, IIRC. The idea being that the reproduction was made in such a way as to convey the intent of the original author as good as possible. So yes, I would send this in for clearance. The reason why PG might reject it is if you cannot show that these are indeed mere reproductions. -- branko collin collin@xs4all.nl