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From: "Colleen Cahill" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Air Photo 'Maps, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship'" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 5:52:53 AM
Subject: RE: Sanborn copyright
Rich,
Copyright for Sanborn maps is complex. As you state, anything 1922 or older is in the public domain, but even some sheets the Library of Congress has that were originally published before 1923 have Copyright issues because Sanborn did copyright the paste downs. That being said, we also found that Sanborn did not always renew the Copyright on all cities; it seems to have concentrated on large cities and many smaller communities are now public domain. Unfortunately, you will need to have a Copyright search on each publication to verify this; we do not have the man power for this and are using the 1922 date as our break point. We only putting up later work when we receive confirmation of other dates being out of Copyright, mostly getting this from patron searches.
If you have the 1922 and early Sanborn sheets and there are no paste downs on them, you should be able to put them up. If the sheets were revised and republished, they would have a new date on them; be sure to check the index sheet for updates. The Philadelpha set at LC is mixed. Our inventory (http://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/sanborn/city.php?CITY=Philadelphia&stateID=45) shows that volumes 1 to 14 are pre-1923 and a quick check reveals there were no updates, so we could put those online. The latter volumes are likely in Copyright, so we would not scan those.
Hope this was helpful!
Colleen
Colleen R. Cahill
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Geography & Map Division
Library of Congress
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From: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 3:56 PM
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Subject: Sanborn copyright
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Subject: Sanborn copyright
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 15:46:49 -0500
From: Rich Boardman <[log in to unmask]>
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Hi,
I'm a bit confused about copyright as it pertains to the Sanborn volumes. It's clear that everything published 1922 and before is in the public domaine but does that apply to maps that have been revised annually? Do renewal filings count? The first 14 volumes of the Philadelphia Sanborns were originally published 1922 and before but they were revised on an annual basis.
I have volumes from the mid-1950s and mid-1960s whose copyright was renewed in the 27th-28th year time frame. Does this extend the original copyright even if they were originally published pre-1922? Does the pre-
1923 copyright only apply to volumes that were never revised?
I know this is murky territory but does anyone have experience in this situation? Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.
Rich Boardman
Map Collection
Free Library of Philadelphia
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