RE: Two questions about Copyright notices

["Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>]

If I may play the part of your customer for a moment:

1) I don't need to see a copyright date, but I understand that you need
to show me one. In that case, I prefer to see a single copyright date
for the whole printed manual. I don't care if it says (c) 2009 or (c)
2009-2010 -- doesn't matter to me. But I really don't need to see two
separate copyright dates on a single printed manual.

2) I absolutely insist on seeing a single part number for the whole
printed manual. If I have to order another one, I don't want to have to
worry which part number to use to order it.

3) I don't care what the individual sections of the part number mean.

Happy Tuesday!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: McLauchlan, Kevin
> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 3:05 PM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: Two questions about Copyright notices
> 
> 1)  If your document is created and published in 2009,  but 
> then gets majorly revised in 2010 (more than half  the 
> content changes), does your copyright notice say  "Copyright 
> 2010" or "Copyright 2009-2010"?  
>  For part-numbering purposes, assume that it's -002 of  the 
> part, where last year it was <number>-001.
> 
> 2) If you write a booklet, that has a contents part  number 
> (for what you write) as well as a FINISHED-part  number for 
> guts-plus-cover, but some other group  creates the cover art, 
> and tracks the artwork file  by their own part number, what 
> number should the  cover of the booklet carry, and ... I 
> suppose... see  question "1)" about copyright notice ?
> 
> According to me, the customer sees the finished document 
> (which is a printed Quick Start Guide that _includes_ the
> cover) and therefore should see an assembly part number that 
> identifies the complete booklet, cover and contents combined. 
> If it's necessary to also show numbers for the component 
> bits, then those should be in smaller type and should _say_ 
> "Cover art is part number 007-00xxxxx-001, and is copyright 
> MyCorp, Inc., 2009".
> 
> "This Quick Start Guide is part number 908-00yyyy-002, and is 
> copyright MyCorp, Inc., 2009-2010" 
> 
> The actual issue is that, since those other guys 
> create/control the cover art, they are the ones who would 
> need persuading to show the combined, assembly part number, 
> rather than (or bigger than?) their artwork-specific part 
> number, which doesn't logistically include my booklet-guts 
> that will be inside. 
> 
> We also want to avoid confusing the people who print the 
> separate bits, assemble/saddle-stitch them, and pack 'em with 
> the product. 
> 
> Do others have a similar flow, and how is it addressed at 
> your company (and your company's contract manufacturer)? 
> 
> By way of some instant "research" on the topic:
> My new Classrooms In a Book from Adobe don't have any 
> separate part numbers visible, just a single (bar-coded) 
> number that I assume is for the fully-assembled book... 
> probably even including the CD tucked in the back...
> 


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