Hello--
        I distincly remember Kenneth Crewes saying that unpublished
documents are owned by, well, whoever owns them. That they may be otherwise
(by date) in the public domain is irrelevant because the concept of
public domain only applies to published material.
        By the way, he also said that if you publish a transcription of a
document you then own the copyright on that material, both the published
on original versions. He said that, not I.

                        Adrienne DeAngelis
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On Tue, 19 Aug 2003, Martha David wrote:

> While the subject is still fresh in our minds, can anyone offer advice on
> how exactly the law applies to written material?  I'm speaking of
> handwritten historical documents, clearly in the public domain timewise, but
> owned by a particular organization, institution, or site.  When transcribed,
> edited, and annotated (which involves, clearly, a great deal of supplemental
> research, and the most basic cleaning-up, such as adding punctuation), does
> ownership still reside with the owner of the physical original?
>
> Martha David
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