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I am tempted to buy what I can, digitize them, and then offer them for free download. I cannot find who (if anyone) owns the rights past the early 1960s (HJMR Company). Does anyone have any info on this?
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I bought another bookcase yesterday. Like a Boy Scout - always prepared. Would be a shame to have that empty ol' bookcase just sitting there forlorn, empty, and ignored... Quote:
Must....resist....temptation.... But why?  |
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I was bursting at the seams as it was!
My wife bought me a book for Christmas which was the straw....
New bookcase already two thirds full. |
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Don't the Billig books encompass Robson Lowe's, which run well past the early-'60s? |
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New bookcase already two thirds full. Success is filling that puppy up!  |
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The Robson Lowe Billig's were published in 1951-1952. Don't know about reprints. |
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Lowe's Encyclopedias, as they relate to Billig's, are as follows:
Volume 1 Europe = Billig's 34 & 35
Volume 2 Africa = Billig's 36 & 37
Volume 3 Asia = Billig's 38, 39 & 40
Volume 4 Australia & Oceania = Billig's 41, 42 & 43
Billig's volume 44 is "Plating the Penny Black" |
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Don,
I don't have any info on the copyright owner, but shoot me an email off-board. |
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Don said "I am tempted to buy what I can " if you ever need the complete set , no damaged ,no ink or pencil markings , binders in excellent shape . Delivered to your door step ,by me and the wife ,she wants to go up to the Smokey's ----This is the complete 45 volumes ,not 44 volumes that others have, {volume 1 is 2 books }
Just me me a call or email |
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I am tempted to buy what I can, digitize them, and then offer them for free download. I cannot find who (if anyone) owns the rights past the early 1960s (HJMR Company). Does anyone have any info on this?
Don Im interested and happy to help anyway I can! |
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It may not be an issue, anymore. Not a practicing attorney (and certainly no expert in UK copyright), but written works in the UK are protected for 70 years after the author's death. It might be open season... |
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So would I Cjd. He only died in 1997.
Spink have the copyright as far as I'm aware. When I rewrote volume 6 of the Encyclopedia I dealt with Spink with a view to getting it formally published, but they couldn't see the commercial value in proceeding. |
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Posted 12/28/2022 3:14 pm
