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Copyright and Publication Status of Pre-1978 Dissertations: A Content Analysis Approach
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Clement, Gail; Levine, Melissa – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2011
We investigated whether American dissertations that were deposited in university libraries or disseminated on microfilm prior to 1978 were "published" for copyright purposes. This question has direct bearing on the copyright status of these works today. In the absence of a directly relevant legal decision to clarify the matter, the…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Student Research, Doctoral Dissertations, Copyrights