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a no notes policy
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- Subject: a no notes policy
- From: "Harold Orlans" <horlans@erols.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 23:50:21 EDT
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A while back, archival copying policy was discussed on this list. Some libraries provide a copy for research and study; others require written permission of the copyright owner. All evidently allow a reader to copy by hand extracts or the entire text of a copyright document. An exception to this freedom may be noted. In 1936, 50 copies of T.E. Lawrence's The Mint were published by Doubleday, Doran to protect the U.S. copyright. To prevent sales, the book was priced at $500,000, yet to obtain copyright, two copies were deposited in the Library of Congress. For some reason--the request of Doubleday; of Lawrence's brother Arnold, his literary executor (Lawrence died in 1935); or (most likely) of the British embassy, as the book gave a devastating picture of the Royal Air Force which, if widely known, could have damaged RAF recruitment (Lawrence's will barred publication before 1950)--the LoC prohibited readers from taking notes. Henry Seidel Canby read The Mint at the library and reviewed it in the Nov. 21, 1936 Saturday Review, but he took no notes and did not use direct quotes. Query: Does anyone know: 1) why the Library of Congress accepted and enforced this unusual provision? 2) comparable provisions at LoC or other archives, whereby a reader may examine a document but make no notes? Harold Orlans horlans@erols.com
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