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Re: Tracking publishers



I believe the company you are seeking is now Follett, Corp., based in River
Grove, IL. They are a pretty big education publisher and have been in
business, under various names, for many years now. Their website is
[www.follett.com].

If the picture was published in one of their books, Follett likely does NOT
own copyright, but purchased a repro. right from some collection/individual.
Is there a Photo credit?

Intellectual Property is generally treated like a physical asset when a
company goes out of business - it can be sold, transferred, or held by the
final owner. For example, say I owned my own publishing firm, published a
few books, and then went out of business. Unless I sold off all my assets to
another company, I would still own the assets, both physical (computers,
press, etc.) and intellectual (copyrights assigned to me).

Michael C. Miller
Special Collections Librarian
Dallas Public Library, Texas/Dallas History & Archives Division
1515 Young St.
Dallas TX 75201
214-670-1440
fax:214-670-1437
mmiller@dallaslibrary.org
Visit us at http://dallaslibrary.org


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Catherine Bruck [SMTP:bruck@IIT.EDU]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 11:08 AM
> To:   ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
> Subject:      Tracking publishers
>
> Can anyone tell me how to determine if there is a successor company to a
> publisher which is no longer in business, specifically Wilcox & Follett
> Co.
> (Chicago, ca. 1950)?  What happens to copyright held by businesses the
> cease to exist? (I want to reproduce and post on the internet an image
> that
> appeared in one of their books.)
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