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From: "Carlos Diaz" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 5:22:01 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: RE: Metsker's copyright status?


You might want to check the Copyright Office's catalog at:

        http://www.copyright.gov/records/

for a listing of copyrights.

You might also take a look at the following circulars which will show you how to investigate the copyright status of a work.

        --Circular 22
          http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ22.html

        --Circular 23
          http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ23.html


Carlos A. Diaz
Government Documents/Maps
The Evergreen State College
Olympia, Washington
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-------- Original Message --------
Subject:        Metsker's copyright status?
Date:   Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:55:01 -0800
From:   Jon Jablonski <[log in to unmask]>
Organization:   University of Oregon
To:     [log in to unmask]



Does anyone know who the current owner's of Chas F Metsker's copyrights are?

I just spoke with a very nice guy at the Metsker Maps store in Seattle.
 Thomas & Charles apparently dismantled their empire a number of years
ago and sold off the publishing and retailing arms separately.  The
Seattle store is last vestige of the retail end of things.  They said
the maps seem to be in limbo, as the person who was running the
publishing arm of things (from somewhere near Tacoma) has fallen off the
map, so to speak.

David Rumsey has posted online at least a few county sheet maps.  I'm
hoping to digitize our county atlases in a GIS-compatible format.
Unfortunately, I think Mr. Rumsey has better access to counsel than I do.

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Jon R. Jablonski                          541-346-3051
Associate Professor
David & Nancy Petrone MAP/GIS Librarian
University of Oregon Libraries