Comments on: About This Site http://hopemirrlees.com Her work, life, and historical context Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:20:24 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mike Tortorello http://hopemirrlees.com/about-this-website/comment-page-1/#comment-974 Mike Tortorello Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:20:24 +0000 http://hopemirrlees.com.s38786.gridserver.com/?page_id=6#comment-974 Hello Erin, I can be reached at peganapress@live.com. I've still had no success getting permission to reprint Paris. Sent a registered letter to Dr. John Saunders, one of the executors of Hope's estate and was undeliverable. Am trying to reach Mrs. Eliot through her agent but have met with no success so far. Nevertheless, I have printed the first two pages of the poem following the spacing from your scan very laboriously. Can see how this must have driven Virginia Woolfe over the edge. Anyway, any help you might give would be appreciated. I'm determined to see this through and get Paris printed. Mike Hello Erin,

I can be reached at peganapress@live.com. I’ve still had no success getting permission to reprint Paris. Sent a registered letter to Dr. John Saunders, one of the executors of Hope’s estate and was undeliverable. Am trying to reach Mrs. Eliot through her agent but have met with no success so far. Nevertheless, I have printed the first two pages of the poem following the spacing from your scan very laboriously. Can see how this must have driven Virginia Woolfe over the edge. Anyway, any help you might give would be appreciated. I’m determined to see this through and get Paris printed.

Mike

]]> By: Erin http://hopemirrlees.com/about-this-website/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Erin Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:59:13 +0000 http://hopemirrlees.com.s38786.gridserver.com/?page_id=6#comment-97 Thanks, Marianne! Fixed. Glad to hear you could find a nice edition locally -- we're a bit hard up for nice editions in the US. Thanks, Marianne! Fixed. Glad to hear you could find a nice edition locally — we’re a bit hard up for nice editions in the US.

]]> By: Marianne http://hopemirrlees.com/about-this-website/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Marianne Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:16:27 +0000 http://hopemirrlees.com.s38786.gridserver.com/?page_id=6#comment-95 Hi, Just a quick note to say that the barnes & noble review has moved - it's now at http://bnreview.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Library-Without-Walls/Lud-in-the-Mist/ba-p/820 Thanks for an interesting site - I found you via Neil Gaiman's blog, but I found Lud-in-the-Mist in my local library in the Gollancz edition you mentioned. Marianne Hi,
Just a quick note to say that the barnes & noble review has moved – it’s now at http://bnreview.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Library-Without-Walls/Lud-in-the-Mist/ba-p/820

Thanks for an interesting site – I found you via Neil Gaiman’s blog, but I found Lud-in-the-Mist in my local library in the Gollancz edition you mentioned.
Marianne

]]> By: Ben Towle http://hopemirrlees.com/about-this-website/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Ben Towle Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:08:01 +0000 http://hopemirrlees.com.s38786.gridserver.com/?page_id=6#comment-94 Erin - Thanks so much for the information. If you do try to track down the "theoretical rights-holder" (or want any help trying to do so) please contact me via the email address I submitted. Doing a comics/graphic novel adaptation of this work is something I'd really be interested in, if copyright issues could be sorted out. I'll certainly keep the prospect on my radar for the future--or sooner if an orphan works bill ever makes its way through the legislature. Erin – Thanks so much for the information. If you do try to track down the “theoretical rights-holder” (or want any help trying to do so) please contact me via the email address I submitted. Doing a comics/graphic novel adaptation of this work is something I’d really be interested in, if copyright issues could be sorted out. I’ll certainly keep the prospect on my radar for the future–or sooner if an orphan works bill ever makes its way through the legislature.

]]> By: Erin http://hopemirrlees.com/about-this-website/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Erin Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:24:07 +0000 http://hopemirrlees.com.s38786.gridserver.com/?page_id=6#comment-91 Hi Ben, The tricky thing about <em>Lud</em>'s copyright is that it was initially published in the UK, and until US copyright law changed in the 1980's, it was briefly in the public domain. It has since gone back out of the public domain, as far as I can tell -- the details are genuinely mindboggling, particularly since there are some pending court cases that could affect its status in at least some parts of the US. That said, there are a couple of print-on-demand and small-press versions that appear not to have been printed with permission (they're marked copyright the press, not Mirrlees or her representative), so it seems that it's being reprinted here without any action from the theoretical rights-holder, so you could probably get away with it if you weren't working with a publisher who was nervous about a lawsuit. The safest thing would be to consider it to be in copyright until 2019, after which it will definitely be in the public domain—if Disney doesn't manage to get copyright extended yet again—frustrating as that is. I may eventually try to track down said rights-holder, but the likeliest thing is that it's an orphan work (that is, the US copyright holder can't be found) that will nevertheless be considered in copyright—thought I suppose Google may end up with rights to reproduce it. The mind boggles, really. If I learn anything new or more definite, I'll post it here, and please do let me know if you get any legal advice or anything. I'd love to see a really nice small press edition with annotations come out before 2019! Hi Ben,

The tricky thing about Lud‘s copyright is that it was initially published in the UK, and until US copyright law changed in the 1980′s, it was briefly in the public domain. It has since gone back out of the public domain, as far as I can tell — the details are genuinely mindboggling, particularly since there are some pending court cases that could affect its status in at least some parts of the US. That said, there are a couple of print-on-demand and small-press versions that appear not to have been printed with permission (they’re marked copyright the press, not Mirrlees or her representative), so it seems that it’s being reprinted here without any action from the theoretical rights-holder, so you could probably get away with it if you weren’t working with a publisher who was nervous about a lawsuit.

The safest thing would be to consider it to be in copyright until 2019, after which it will definitely be in the public domain—if Disney doesn’t manage to get copyright extended yet again—frustrating as that is. I may eventually try to track down said rights-holder, but the likeliest thing is that it’s an orphan work (that is, the US copyright holder can’t be found) that will nevertheless be considered in copyright—thought I suppose Google may end up with rights to reproduce it.

The mind boggles, really. If I learn anything new or more definite, I’ll post it here, and please do let me know if you get any legal advice or anything. I’d love to see a really nice small press edition with annotations come out before 2019!

]]> By: Ben Towle http://hopemirrlees.com/about-this-website/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Ben Towle Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:49:08 +0000 http://hopemirrlees.com.s38786.gridserver.com/?page_id=6#comment-90 Erin - You mention that the U.S. copyright status of Lud-in-the-Mist is "deeply complicated." I'm curious if you have done any digging in this area and whether you could share what you've found. I ask because I briefly considered working on a graphic novel adaptation of the book, but found trying to figure out what was going on copyright-wise to be daunting. Great work on the site! The more that's out there about this fabulous author, the better. Erin – You mention that the U.S. copyright status of Lud-in-the-Mist is “deeply complicated.” I’m curious if you have done any digging in this area and whether you could share what you’ve found. I ask because I briefly considered working on a graphic novel adaptation of the book, but found trying to figure out what was going on copyright-wise to be daunting.

Great work on the site! The more that’s out there about this fabulous author, the better.

]]> By: Erin http://hopemirrlees.com/about-this-website/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Erin Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:00:11 +0000 http://hopemirrlees.com.s38786.gridserver.com/?page_id=6#comment-84 Hi Mike, I missed this comment when it came in, and I've tried to locate contact info for you, but have been unsuccessful. How can I reach you? Best, Erin Hi Mike,

I missed this comment when it came in, and I’ve tried to locate contact info for you, but have been unsuccessful. How can I reach you?

Best,
Erin

]]> By: Mike Tortorello http://hopemirrlees.com/about-this-website/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Mike Tortorello Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:55:11 +0000 http://hopemirrlees.com.s38786.gridserver.com/?page_id=6#comment-24 Hello Erin, I've been a fan of Lud -In-The-Mist for many years and stumbled upon your website and was introduced to Paris. I have just started up a letterpress shop and am interested in reprinting Paris in chapbook form emulating the Hogarth press edition as it was so important to Mirrlees that the typeset was a certain way. Do you know who I could contact to get permission to reprint the poem ? Also would you be interested in contributing something ? Many thanks for your time and for introducing me to Paris. Mike Tortorello Pegana Press Hello Erin,

I’ve been a fan of Lud -In-The-Mist for many years and stumbled upon your website and was introduced to Paris. I have just started up a letterpress shop and am interested in reprinting Paris in chapbook form emulating the Hogarth press edition as it was so important to Mirrlees that the typeset was a certain way. Do you know who I could contact to get permission to reprint the poem ? Also would you be interested in contributing something ?

Many thanks for your time and for introducing me to Paris.

Mike Tortorello
Pegana Press

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