Lineland precedent

[davemarc]

> From: Paul DiFilippo <ac038 at osfn.rhilinet.gov>
> 
> I'm a big fan of author James Branch Cabell (1879-1958), US 
> fantasist best known for his JURGEN, and I'm always on the 
> lookout for his titles in used bookstores.  Recently, I was
> happy to pick up his THE EAGLE'S SHADOW in its Storisende
> edition, the uniform assemblage of JBC's work issued in 1929.
> Apparently, the novel caused a bit of controversy when it was
> first published in 1904, and for this edition JBC included
> an appendix, which consisted of all the relevant letters to
> the editor of the NY TIMES BOOK REVIEW for the period surrounding
> the publication of the novel.   Now:  do you think JBC or his
> publishers botered to get written permission from all those
> semi-anonymous letter writers?  

[snip]

The publishers probably got the permission of the NYTimes, right?  Letters
to the Editor becoming the property of the "Editor"?

davemarc