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

On May 9, 8:34=C2=A0pm, jkh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> 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
>
> > =C2=A0I'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.

  In view of this, Sam, I wonder if you have secured the copyright? It
would seem that it has not expired, that the book is not in the public
domain.