Re: Ah, wonderful copyright

> I don't believe that OCLC ever claimed copyright on *any*
> individual MARC record entered or batch loaded by member
> libraries.  OCLC, I believe, claims copyright on the
> aggregation of MARC records that comprise WorldCat.

I'm unclear about OCLC's nonprofit structure, but if it is truly a "member
organization," then one of two things could possibly-possibly be possible:

* The records could belong to the members, period, or

* The member's council could choose to vote to give anyone access to the
records-OCLC members, non-OCLC members, etc.

Pondering nonprofitland, I'm also wondering if those records are considered
OCLC's inventory.

Karen G. Schneider
kgs <at> bluehighways.com