Of course, von den Driesch was published in 1976 before the internet
even existed and email was a new and limited phenomenon! So no Creative
Commons then - it was an all-print world. I stimulated the creation of a
whole new Bulletin series so that it could be published cheaply!
Yes, the copyright is owned by my institution. Once the publications
department of the Peabody Museum gets re-settled in its new space, I
will talk to the director of publications about ways that we might be
able to make the von den Driesch as well as perhaps the Olsen books
available on line. This will not be easy, because all those volumes are
consistent sellers and bring in some much needed sales income to a small
and constantly financially strapped operation.
More anon.
Richard Meadow
Zooarchaeology Laboratory
Peabody Museum
Harvard University
Stephanie Meece wrote:
> On Jul 10 2009, Christian Küchelmann wrote:
>
>> That would be something well worth to be placed on Bone Commons to
>> provide access for everybody if Angela von den Driesch agrees.
>
> It certainly would be useful to have all our essential field manuals
> available for free download. But it is her publisher who would have to
> agree, not her, as the publisher owns the copyright in the work. It
> might be worth writing to them, but if the book is still in print it
> is very unlikely they will give permission for its free distribution.
>
> Academic authors should look at Creative Commons licensing, and avoid
> transferring all their rights to commercial publishers as much as
> possible.
>
> http://creativecommons.org/
>
>
> best wishes
> Stephanie Meece
>
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