Theos-Talk Archives (November 2006 Message tt00164)

Mark,

Thanks.  Really interesting questions to be considered.

Carlos. 


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Data:Fri, 3 Nov 2006 04:18:25 -0800 (PST)

Assunto:Theos-World Re: BCW Offline

> Re: BCW Offline
> 
> I made a typo in this post. Boris de Zirkoff 
> independently published the first 6 
> volumes (not 4) of the _Blavatsky Collected 
> Writings,_ ("Blavatsky Writings Publications 
> Fund," Los Angeles, California) with 
> his own work copyrighted by himself - 
> which TPH then took over. He didn't 
> or couldn't try to copyright Blavatsky's 
> articles, only his own work. What I'd 
> like to know is the status of Boris's 
> copyright on his commentary & compilation
> in the first 6 volumes (he had no 
> children or wife, etc.) Is it now public 
> domain and does Quest admit it? (A US 
> copyright has to be renewed every 37 
> years.) Dara Eklund took over his work 
> and archives - which archives ended 
> up at Wheaton; (What is the status 
> copyright-wise of Boris's work in the 
> last 9 volumes, and Eklund's?) WHAT 
> COPYRIGHT DOES QUEST ACTUALLY HAVE, 
> AND WHAT IS JUST BLUSTER? IT SEEMS TO 
> ME THAT THE FIRST 6 VOLUMES OF BCW 
> IS DEFINITELY IN PUBLIC DOMAIN, AS THEY 
> WERE INDEPENDENTLY PUBLISHED (from 
> the same plates) BY BORIS AND HE HAD 
> THE COPYRIGHT (which was probably never 
> renewed anyway.) Irregardless, they 
> ought to be made public domain. 
> Any answers? It would be nice to see 
> these on the net without any hassle.
> 
> Previous post:
> 
> The HPB Collected Writings website has been 
> removed from this site due to Quest not 
> allowing this
> 
> For more informsation please contact me, see 
> Ton den Hartog
> 
> Letter from Quest to Hartog:
> 
> Ton den Hartog
> ... can in no way be interpreted as authorizing 
> you to place the Collected Writings on line. In 
> fact the entire set is in print and is 
> advertised both in our Catalogue and on the 
> Quest Books website. Your act is clearly in 
> violation of our copyrights and as a 
> consequence the Collected Writings must be 
> removed from your website immediately. I await 
> confirmation that this action has been taken. 
> Thanks, 
> David H. Bland, Ed. D. 
> Business Manager, Quest Books 
> 
> 
> SOME INFO ON BCW:
> 
> ......up to Vol. IV, de Zirkoff originally 
> had them published by "Blavatsky Writings 
> Publications Fund," Los Angeles, California. 
> My Vol. VI of 1954, has "Copyright 1954 
> by Boris de Zirkoff." It is identical to 
> the TPH Collected Writings, who obviously 
> took the project over and used the same 
> plates. They include this "Copyright by 
> Boris de Zirkoff" Vol. I through Vol VI 
> even in the current "second edition" 
> published by TPH. The copyright notice 
> further reads: 
> 
> "Copyright in this volume includes the 
> Preface, Chronological Survey, Bibliographies, 
> Editorial Comments, Notes, Summaries and 
> Footnotes signed by the Compiler, the 
> arrangement of individual articles and 
> English translation of original French material."
> 
> I guess he didn't feel he had 
> the right to include the articles he 
> collected in the copyright, as they were 
> HP Blavatsky's and all now at least 
> 115 years old! Nobody can have the 
> copyright on them. They are in the public 
> domain. (In the US, everything published 
> before 1923 is in the public domain. 
> Other countries are more liberal.) Boris 
> had no children, and no heirs, so his 
> material should be in public domain 
> also. Boris's BCW really is the most 
> valuable Theosophical Literature, beyond 
> the SD, Isis, and MLs, and other HPB books.
> 
> 
> - jake j.
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