I am involved in a project here at the University of Michigan that is reprinting materials relating to Japan. One of the series we're developing is devoted to Japanese film. I am wondering if anyone out there knows how copyright works for some unusual things like: ---Internal studio memoranda from the 1920s to the end of World War II. Some of the records are from Toho, which of course is still around. Others are from smaller studios that folded during WWII. Still others are from studios that stopped in the war, but were revived under a new name in the 1950s. ---Japanese language subtitling scripts for early 1930s Hollywood films. ---Film journals from the 1920s and 1930s. They are long out of print, but the authors have died only recently. Does every article have to be cleared with relatives? Thanks for any clues... Markus A. M. Nornes Program in Film and Video Studies Department of Asian Languages and Cultures University of Michigan 2512 Frieze Building Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285 Phone: 734-647-2094 FAX: 734-936-1846 ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html