Copyright Board Commission du droit d’auteur Canada Canada Ottawa, March 3, 2000 FILE: 1999-UO/TI-16 UNLOCATABLE COPYRIGHT OWNERS Non-exclusive licence issued to Harcourt Brace & Company, Canada authorizing the reprint of three works in a textbook anthology of short stories
Pursuant to the provisions of section 77(1) of the Copyright Act, the Copyright Board grants a licence to Harcourt Brace & Company, Canada as follows:
(1) The licence authorizes the reprint of the following works: • Barney written by Will Stanton, originally published in “Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales” in 1951 by MacMillan Publishing;
• The Inheritor written by Frank Roberts, originally published in the Australian magazine “Man” in 1963;
• The Curlew’s Cry, written by J. Leslie Bell, originally published in “Alberta Bound: Thirty Stories by Alberta Writers”, edited by Fred Stenson and published in 1986 by NeWest Press as originally published.
The number of copies printed for each work shall not exceed 25,000. (2) The authorized reproduction of the above works is for inclusion in a textbook anthology of short stories for high school English classes by Harcourt Brace entitled Inside Stories I (2nd edition) and Inside Stories II (2nd edition).
(3) The licence expires on December 31, 2005. The authorized reproduction must therefore be completed by that date.
(4) The licence is non-exclusive and valid only in Canada. (5) Harcourt Brace & Company, Canada will pay the sum of $750 for each work for a total of $2,250 to the Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (CANCOPY) who will dispose of the amount as it sees fit for the general benefit of its members. It undertakes, however, to
- 2 - reimburse any person who establishes, before December 31, 2010, ownership of the copyright in any of the works covered by this licence.
(6) The coming into force of this licence is conditional on the applicant’s filing with the Board a receipt from CANCOPY for the amount of the royalty specified in the licence, accompanied by CANCOPY’s undertaking to comp ly with the conditions set out in paragraph (5) above.
Claude Majeau Secretary to the Board