RE: VMs: RE: Copyrighting VMS (was RE: Map scans now posted...)

["GC" <glenclaston@xxxxxxxxx>]

John Brownlee wrote:
> 	The first step in this whole matter is to make a single
> professional contact to our friends at Yale who own the Ms and ask for an
> estimate how much the charge would be to have color hi-res images
> performed
> of the entire work. If the cost is very large, then the scope is too large
> for an impromptu cooperative. This is an excellent idea, however,
> if it can
> be done without getting into large dollar figures.

This "entire work" thing has been investigated, and is apparently in the
bogs and quagmires of Yale's bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo.  Kafka's "The Castle"
comes to mind.  This is why I've suggested  something of an alternative.
But wait - Elvis isn't dead yet - let's hear from those who have been trying
to gain a complete scan of the manuscript before we announce that he's left
the building.

> 	Key in dealing with librarians and curators is professional
> conduct. Perhaps one of the lists members who is also a member of academia
> might volunteer to be the point of contact?

Amen.

GC

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