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Copyright strikes again
I have a copyright question. I know, no one on the list is a
copyright lawyer, but I'd like to get some opinions anyway.
We have some blueprints in our collection of a house designed by an
architect for our donor. Who would hold copyright? Is this a
situation where the architect is considered to be doing a work for
hire and the copyright would belong to the donor? Or does the
copyright stay with the architect? Plus, I was looking at the Library
of Congress website and their Circular 41 seems to say that no
building built before 1990 or plans for a building published prior to
1990 are protected by copyright. This seems too good to be true. (to
an archivist at least! maybe not to an architect!)
Any thoughts?
Jen Rawlings
Archivist
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
jeff_archivist@nps.gov
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