Abstract
In 1961, Barbara Ringer published “Study No. 31: Renewal of Copyright,” where she determined the renewal rate for fiscal year 1932 U.S. publications. In that study, she concludes that the renewal rate for Class A works for FY1932 was 7 percent. This paper seeks to reassess Ringer’s study by analyzing the copyright registrations for 1932 and their renewals published in the Catalogue of Copyright Entries. This was done to determine a renewal rate specifically for books rather than Class A as a whole, which includes other materials. The analysis determines that the copyright renewal rate for books is actually 26 to 33 percent, significantly higher than 7 percent claimed by Ringer.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 697-712 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | College and Research Libraries |
Volume | 79 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2018 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Library and Information Sciences
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US books 1931 to 1933 All Parts Transcription from Vendor
Carlstone, J. D. (Creator), Kenfield, A. S. (Creator), Norman, M. A. (Creator) & Wilkin, J. P. (Creator), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Jan 7 2019
DOI: 10.13012/B2IDB-0873454_V1
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