Who holds copyright to a dissertation where the author dies if they haven’t included copyright in their will? https://copyrightalliance.org/what-happens-to-your-copyrights-after-you-die/ . Do heirs automatically receive copyright if not, who would you approach for access? What are al y’all doing with the emeriti project – I realize most of the copyright in this case would be held by the publisher…

A patron, not UC but a family member, found the UCSD dissertation online having been scanned as part of the Google Books project but only the record is accessible, not the pdf.

A few things I’ll ask, very few details in the initial query:

1. What is the date of the dissertation?
2. When did the author die (if they did die)?
3. What else? (that’s for you all)

Thanks!

Allegra

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