gor
Ancient Mariner
Ok, as I have nearly completed my 100th reread and corrected of my english/greek lyric translation and greek commentary book, I am finally thinking about registering it and starting the effort of issuing it (in Greece). Nevertheless, I have many, many questions about the process. Here they are, stupid as they might be:
1. Do the copyrights have an expiration date? I see so many sites mentioning "Copyright 1997-2005" for example. What is that about?
2. Can I change anything (like a paragraph for example) in the text after the copyright without the text losing the copyrights protection? Will the new paragraph be protected?
3. Can I copyright my translation of the english song lyrics (that belong mostly to Zomba)?
4. I have filled my text with images taken randomly from sites through google. Do I have to take permission to use every one of them? Is it a trivilal matter, since I will have taken only a pic or two from each source? For example a portrait of Vlad Tepes, the book cover of "Lord Of The Flies" or a picture of a politician. How do I take permision? what if I don't? Aren't the chances of them finding me small and chasing me even smaller?
5. The whole text is in .doc format, made in Word. I have heard that publishers don't want text to be in Word because of the sloppy paging or something. Can I easily transfer the document in other text processors? Which one would you recomend?
6. What about the song lyrics of covers, that are not owned by Zomba or originals that are co-owned by Zomba. Should I track down every single publisher? Is tracking down the publisher my job or my publishing company's job (supposing I close an agreement with one)?
If I think of any other questions I will strike again! Cheers...
1. Do the copyrights have an expiration date? I see so many sites mentioning "Copyright 1997-2005" for example. What is that about?
2. Can I change anything (like a paragraph for example) in the text after the copyright without the text losing the copyrights protection? Will the new paragraph be protected?
3. Can I copyright my translation of the english song lyrics (that belong mostly to Zomba)?
4. I have filled my text with images taken randomly from sites through google. Do I have to take permission to use every one of them? Is it a trivilal matter, since I will have taken only a pic or two from each source? For example a portrait of Vlad Tepes, the book cover of "Lord Of The Flies" or a picture of a politician. How do I take permision? what if I don't? Aren't the chances of them finding me small and chasing me even smaller?
5. The whole text is in .doc format, made in Word. I have heard that publishers don't want text to be in Word because of the sloppy paging or something. Can I easily transfer the document in other text processors? Which one would you recomend?
6. What about the song lyrics of covers, that are not owned by Zomba or originals that are co-owned by Zomba. Should I track down every single publisher? Is tracking down the publisher my job or my publishing company's job (supposing I close an agreement with one)?
If I think of any other questions I will strike again! Cheers...