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Re: Copyright question



There is no problem here.  There is no copyright in facts.  Whether or not an item is found in an index or what the index has to say about a particular entry is not copyrightable.  The index to a book merely reports the fact that a particular word or topic is found or treated on a particular page, i.e., it reports a fact.
 
The question might be different if it were a question of copying the index entry verbatim for reuse in another place, but even here, depending on circumstances,  there might be no problem.
 
Nick Finke

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Nicholas D. Finke
Digital Collections Librarian
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
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We have been asked if we know if there are copyright constraints concerning
sharing of information, on Internet lists, to be found in current reference books.
This occurs when one party who owns a reference book offers to check the index
for citations to a specific "person, party or thing" and report back what is to be
found [or not] in that book.
Any help here?
Thanks,
Leigh
Leigh C. Eckmair, Archivist
The Local History Collection
THE GILBERTSVILLE FREE LIBRARY
e-mail:librarian@stny.rr.com
http://www.gilbertsville.com/library.htm
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