#Arizona Rockhounding
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Rod,
Thanks for the Shannon article on Horshoe Dam. I tried valiantly in the rain
to get up to the collecting site, but heavy rain filled the washes and made
passin a geiger counter (NOT, but it
sounds like fun <g>).
Thanks, Guy
Hi Nathan,
Have you had a chance to look over the material you collected 'near' the
Horseshoe Dam? Also I believe your Shannon Minerals address is the correct one
as mine came from an old S.M. business card several years old.
Just received my Jan '95 issue of Mineral News & found your article
entitled "A Fluorescent Chabazite Locality Near Bancroft, Ontario". It is a
very fine article and I would ask you for permission to reprint all or part of
it in an upcoming issue of the U.V.Waves. Of course we would give you the
credit as the author. I see the article is copyrighted. We are always looking
for new material on fluorescent minerals to publish for the benefit of all FMS
members.
Rod
Rod,
I did look over the material you sent me; it was very helpful in identifying
some of the materials I collected. The map in Shannon's article reveals that I
was closer to the prime collecting sites than I realized in the early morning
foul weather. Some of the vesicular basalt had a few small herschelite
crystals! They will make nice micromounts. Also, I am primed to go back with
the better directions and mineral guide. Perhaps next time I go back to
Arizona, I will also get to the Rowley Mine to collect some wulfenite.
Thanks for the kind words about the chabazite article. Lanny and I actually
discussed some of the trickier questions of copyright law, such as who has
reprint rights to an article. If it's ok with Lanny, I would be glad to have
the article in the UV Waves. If Lanny does agree, Waves should give an
acknowledgement to the publisher of Mineral News, as well.
Cheers.
Nathan
Nathan,
>> trickier questions of copyright law, such as who has reprint rights to
>> an article.
For software products, it's fairly straightforward. If the author is an
independent, he owns the product, even if someone is paying him to write it. If
an employee (W2 type), the employer owns all rights. From there, of course,
rights can be assigned or licensed as desired. I suspect the same conditions
hold for magazine articles. There's an attorney on CONSULT forum, Fred Wilf,
who could tell you for sure.
Al
Al,
Thanks for the comments on independent contractor versus employee status and
its bearing on ownership of intellectual property developed during the course
of the relationship.
The situation in publishing is a little different in that it is customary for
the publisher to receive, explicitly or implicitly, an exclusive license. Some
years ago, I edited my law school's Law Review and I often had the unpleasant
task of explaining to authors that they would have to sign MY license agreement
if they wanted to be published in the journal.
As I mentioned, I actually discussed the matter with Lanny before
publication. Although we have no definite understanding, I would not allow a
republication without his permission as well.
Nathan
Oh, hey hi Nathan,
Lanny said OK with giving credit like, "Reprinted from Mineral News Vol.
11, No. 1, January 1995, with permission of the author and publisher".
Thanks to both of you and we will go ahead and reprint it in an upcoming
issue of the U.V. Waves.
Rod
Nathan,
The differences in custom for publishing is understandable, I guess. Publishers
usually have a number of authors anxious to be published, whereas computer
consultants are generally only writing something because the client wants it
badly enough to pay for it. It is customary that a client is given an
unrestricted, though non-exclusive license. Often, too, actual assignment of
the copyright is contracted, but in those situations the software is usually
highly specific stuff, with limited reusability.
Al