Hi. I am hoping this is just an individual instance. If SUNYO paid for the Cooperstown paper to be microfilmed, then they should be able to charge for copies from it, and even consider direct quotes to be their "property." If not, then I, too, will be waiting for other people's input on this. I have had two experiences with this: 1) an organization which produced a paper on micro_print seemed to hold the copywrite, but in reply to my question, they said they did not. 2) I have asked at least two businesses who do the actual filming for info on obtaining more copies of their films, and been totally ignored both times. (Seems like they'd want to sell more than one print or two, but...) Any comments from the rest? Daniel --- mike engle <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I was at SUNY Oneonta, and they had the Cooperstown, > NY newspaper on > microfilm, and I ran into something I have never > seen before. At the > begining, the microfilm was copywrited by the NYS > Historical Society. > Basicly saying that you can't make copies FROM that > microfilm and publish > it, without consent from the NYSHS. > > Now my question is this. I've never seen this > copywrite notice on any > other microfilm. For example. the Sidney, NY > historical society has their > newspapers on microfilm, without a copywrite notice. > Does this mean that > the Sidney microfilm is not copywrited by their > historical society? > > Best Regards > Mike Engle __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com