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Peter my understanding is that all copies are compulsory _if_ demanded but is only the case of the British Library that the onus is on the publisher to supply without being asked. So the voluntary element in the case of the other bodies is with those libraries. But I'm sure Richard can clarify this. Best Dave David Bircumshaw Leicester, England Home Page A Chide's Alphabet Painting Without Numbers www.paintstuff.20m.com/index.htm http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/index.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Riley" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 1:38 PM Subject: Copyright This is a query to Richard (Price)--- Can you confirm something you said, or I think you said, publicly because it may well concern many small-press publishers on this list-- Did you say that by the copyright laws, only the copy sent to the B.L. is in fact statutorily compulsory, and the other five (which go via A.T.Smail) are voluntary? I thought all six copies were compulsory. In fact I was quite certain about this, and so were several other people I've mentioned it to. Not that with my imprint I would dream of cutting off the other copyright libraries. But for instance, to people who publish artists' books costing £1000 each in editions of 20, these five copyright copies are sometimes problematic. //PR