Re: Who owns copyright on old computer mags?

[Doug Browning <wpg750@mb.imag.net>]

Somewhere in each magazine, usually the contents page, there is usually
a legal paragraph which contains the info you're looking for. You will
find names like Hurst, Ziff-Davis, Gernsbeck, Time-Warner, etc. I
suggest you go to the library and look through a periodical index, or
the actual magazines themselves, if your library has them.

BTW. Creative Computing was known as Elementary Electronics in the
1960-70s. In those days, they covered a lot of basic electronics and
radio/audio material.

Mr. Boffo wrote:

> (Reposting.... sorry.. my clock was screwed up and messed up
> the message threading in the newsreader. Here it is again.)
>
> One of the recent developments in this age of cheap storage
> is the arrival of the CD-ROM magazine archive. Some comics
> and some magazines (like MAD Magazine) are making available
> on CD-ROM the pages from all their old magazines.
>
> It occurs to me that there may be a market for the old
> computer magazines from the 80's which have now died out..
> Nibble, Family Computing, A+, Compute!, SofTalk, Creative
> Computing, InCider...
>
> I would be VERY interested in buying a CD-ROM compendium of
> all pages from these old magazines. However, I have no idea
> who owns the copyright for the old magazines, so I have no
> way of approaching this idea.
>
> Maybe somebody in these newsgroups might know?
>
> Now, I COULD create a website and just upload scans from the
> magazines I have, but that would likely draw various legal
> problems which I'd rather not deal with. I would really much
> prefer that the actual copyright owners are involved in
> approving or doing something like this themselves.
>
> OTOH, posting those old mags on a website may be EXACTLY the
> way to find those copyright holders! ;)
>
> -Mr. Boffo
>
> Email: mister_boffo@hotmail.com



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