Posted by John Wilson on September 20, 2004 at 13:12:59 from 202.154.157.202 user hugo.
In Reply to: Re: Copyright & Dick's Bird Book posted by John Nichols on September 20, 2004 at 01:29:48:
Some books eg Anthologies or Historical books with a variety of extracts or photos just say eg:
“The publishers have made every effort to trace the owners of these photos and apologise for any omissions”
(from “Station X: The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park” by Michael Smith; published by Channel 4, Britain)
I recall that for a while the heirs to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle prevented a couple of unpublished Sherlock Holmes stories from being published after his death, though they have since been published. I think that they were finished, but he originally decided not to publish them?
A webpage on US Copyright Law; apparently at one time you had to claim (and renew) copyright in America.