Klarinet Archive - Posting 000080.txt from 1997/09

From: SDM@-----. Morrow)
Subj: Re: magazines
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 1997 14:39:04 -0400

>Does anyone have any information relating to how I might contact the owners to
>the rights of the old Woodwind World magazine or Symphony magazine.
>There are some articles in those journals I would like to re-print, and I
>don't know who holds the rights.
>
>Thanks in advance for any help.
>
>Jim Sclater

Jim,
A magazine usually only hold the first serial publication rights to
a freelance article. This means they have permission to publish it once,
and the rights then revert to the author (unless the magazine states
otherwise in its publishing information, which should be printed towards
the beginning of the magazine.) You should probably go straight to the
author of the article for permission (although, obviously, the magazine
might be able to put you in touch with the author if you don't know where
to look!).
If the article was written by a staff writer, then the rights
probably DO belong to the magazine.

Hope this helps!

-Scott

Scott D. Morrow
Department of Biochemistry
School of Hygiene and Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
(410) 955-3631

SDM@-----.edu