Who would have owned the rights had the speaches *not* been re-edited? I can see that by making a re-edited selection, the Trust obtained the rights in the selection, but who owned the rights in the material selected? The Trust did, surely? But I am probably missing something; if so what is it? My reason for enquiring is to know. Richard Edwards >From: Alexander Schmitz <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine > <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Doob >Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 09:07:00 +0100 > >Matthew, Jonathan, > >I have these things at least once before: > >1) Transcripts of 177 EP radio broadcasts, 468 pages covering Oct 2 thru >July 26, >1943 were available as early as 1945 a) from the Library of Congress and b) >a >little later from the National Archives and Records Service, Washington, >DC, for >exactly $93,60. > >Doob is specialist for psychological warfare and was, later, >working/traveling >for the CIA. Mary/The Pound Literary Property Trust asked Doob to re-edit >the >speeches in order to get the rights for the Trust. This had become >necessary - to >avoid reprinting & quoting (from) the speeches by other authors FOR FREE. >The >Trust wanted them to pay for what they quote. > >2) The 2nd, however more immediate, reason for asking Doob to re-edit the >speeches was the publication of a 1975 book, "Certain Radio Speeeches of >Ezra >Pound", edited by William Levy, for Cold Turkey Press, Rotterdam including >the >wonderful (??) copyright note: "Copyright c 1975 for Ezra Pound, his heirs >and >concubines." > >3) Doob, as can be proved, held back 58 speeches, and it's pretty likely >that he >did so in order manipulate his statistical analysis (pp 417 ff). > >alex ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com