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> Profession, copyright ©1957 [...] Used by permission of Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc. This is my first encounter with abelard.org. While it is
by Cheer2171 3y ago
> Profession, copyright ©1957 [...] Used by permission of Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc.
This is my first encounter with abelard.org. While it is delightful in a kind of early internet culture way, I sincerely doubt Random House, Inc. gave permission to reproduce this in full to this pseudonymous author who writes in the persona of a space alien who is the reincarnation of an 11th century philosopher monk and, well, I'll just share their words: [1]
> abelard is thought to live in a ger on the steppes of outer mongolia, surrounded by an indeterminate number of yaks, husbands and wives... and vast hordes of children preparing for the cultural conquest of the world... abelard is known to have long conversations with the good fairy. it is rumoured that abelard arrived on a cultural troubleshooting mission to this planet from a star system approximately 40 light years away: this prior to the earth being offered probationary membership of The Galactic Anarchy (some call it The Culture).
> as abelard is from an advanced culture, this entity has to communicate in rather simple language in order to be understood by the savages... consequently there are various rumours... one is that The Culture have forgotten all about this attaché, who often gets homesick and pissed off with living in such a primitive backwater. another is that this entity is a reincarnation of another Abelard born in 1079.... both of these rumours are true to a related degree.
[1] https://www.abelard.org/choose/choose.htm https://www.abelard.org/choose/choose.htm
- glompers 3y agoNot sure if this is the correct copyright law citation as IANAL. If correct, then the story's copyright expired before Abelard posted it. 304. Duration of copyright: Subsisting copyrights (a) Copyrights in Their First Term on January 1, 1978.— (1)(A) Any copyright, in the first term of which is subsisting on January 1, 1978, shall endure for 28 years from the date it was originally secured. https://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap3.html https://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap3.html
- incompatible 3y agoNot if the copyright was renewed. She the Hirtle chart: Published in the US, 1929 through 1963, Published with notice and the copyright was renewed, 95 years after publication date. https://guides.library.cornell.edu/copyright/publicdomain https://guides.library.cornell.edu/copyright/publicdomain
- XavierYak 3y agoPlease see my reply to glompers, just above your comment.
- XavierYak 3y ago"Under current U.S. law, the copyrights for his works published before 1978 will not expire until 95 years after the copyrights were obtained, and those published from 1978 onward will remain in effect for 70 years after his death. Thus, these copyrights will remain in effect until dates ranging from 2034 (for his [Asimov's] first story published in 1939), through 2072 (for works published in 1977)" From https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/197287/when-does-the-copyright-on-isaac-asimovs-works-expire https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/197287/when-does-t... Profession was published in 1957. The copyright protection will expire in 2052. In 2000, abelard.org negotiated with Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc. and purchased the rights to publish the novella Profession by Isaac Asimov as part of the website, abelard.org.