IMHO... the risk is minimal. The cost to pursue an infringement case far outweighs the benefits. See, for example: https://legalzoom.com/articles/… Mark Mazer Hertford, NC On Sun, Mar 17, 2024 at 2:12 PM Jane McGary via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Sorry, the permission statement James Shao quoted probably would not > cover reproduction on a public Internet site. The wording was developed > to protect those, particularly at universities, who wanted to photocopy > journal articles or excerpts from books to hand out in class for the > convenience of their students, rather than requiring them to read the > material in the library's reserve room. On the other hand, since the IBS > no longer exists, only its designated successor (in the nature of an > heir) would probably have the right to stop this reproduction legally. > The actual statement of copyright in each issue would be "Copyright > [year of publication] International Bulb Society." It is unclear whether > this covers all the content in any form, or only the compilation (the > physical format of the publication); when I edited a similar journal, > authors received a contract specifying that the publisher, a plant > society, copyrighted the compilation, but the authors retained > copyright-level control of their text and illustrations, so they could > publish these elsewhere without our permission. I don't know whether IBS > had a similar practice. I'm an editor, not a lawyer, so I don't know > whether what PBS has done is an infringement of a copyright on the > compilation (assuming that's what IBS filed). Likely the contributors > can still claim copyright on their work, but not in the format in which > IBS published it. I don't know if there is law covering documents when a > copyright was claimed (but possibly not officially filed) by an entity > that has become extinct without successors. > > I once received a letter from a lawyer alleging that a book I had > compiled on behalf of an old Alaska Native couple constituted an > infringement of the "aboriginal patent on the birchbark basket." My then > boyfriend, a lawyer himself, fell on the floor laughing. > > Eventually you see it all, and I still hope to see Fritillaria davidii. > > Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA > > > On 3/16/2024 7:13 PM, Robert Lauf via pbs wrote: > > As James points out the content may be freely reproduced for our > purposes. So that clears it up and perhaps the members should have been > informed of that at the beginning and a lot of this back-and-forth could've > been avoided. We clearly have advance permission to do what we're doing. > > BTW, my use of the term "obscure" pertains to the negligible commercial > value of the copyright, given the niche market of potential readers, not to > the readability of the content itself. Conflicts only get serious when > there is money to be made by someone. Lawyers don't work for free. > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > PBS Forum latest: > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum latest: > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…