Re: The Rating of Chess Players, Past and Present, by Arpad Elo

ttk5...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> On May 9, 12:54=EF=BF=BDpm, samsloan <samhsl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > Elo's book, The Rating of Chess Players, Past and Present, is
> > reprinted today.
> >
> > http://www.amazon.com/dp/0923891277
> >
> > Professor Elo's book, long out of print and almost impossible to
> > obtain, has just been reprinted.
> >
> > Sam Sloan
>
>  I'm still wondering if this book is in the public domain at this
> time. It was first published in 1978, just 30 years ago. What is the
> length of copyright for such works?


If the intitial copyright date was 1978 or later, author's life plus
70 years. If it was pre-1978, 95 years after the start of copyright.
Unless the copyright holder voluntarily put it in public domain
(possible, I suppose, since I doubt Elo was in it for the money), or
Sloan obtained permission from the copyright holder, he's violating
the law. However, it would be up to whoever currently owns the
copyright to raise the matter.