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542 - Information Relating to Copyright Status (R)


MARC 21 Bibliographic - Concise
2008

Information known about the item that may be used to determine copyright status.

Indicators
First - Privacy
# - No information provided
0 - Private
1 - Not private
Second - Undefined
# - Undefined
Subfield Codes
$a - Personal creator (NR)
"Undetermined" may be used if research was done but no copyright holder was found.
$b - Personal creator death date (NR)
$c - Corporate creator (NR)
$d - Copyright holder (R)
"Undetermined" may be used if research was done but no copyright holder was found.
$e - Copyright holder contact information (R)
$f - Copyright statement (R)
Copyright statement as it is presented on the resource.
$g - Copyright date (NR)
$h - Copyright renewal date (R)
$i - Publication date (NR)
$j - Creation date (NR)
Year of creation for an unpublished resource.
$k - Publisher (R)
"Undetermined" may be used if research was done but no publisher is found.
$l - Copyright status (NR)
Determined status of the item. This is only recorded if it is known with certainty. "Undetermined" may be used if research was done but no status is found.
$m - Publication status (NR)
Whether the item is published or unpublished, using the definition of published in copyright law of the jurisdiction, or that expressed in the Berne Convention's specifications if other definitions are not available. "Undetermined" may be used if research was done but no status is found.
$n - Note (R)
$o - Research date (NR)
Date that the copyright data was determined based on research.
$p - Country of publication or creation (R)
Country in which the resource was published or, in the case of unpublished materials, the country in which the resource was created.
$q - Supplying agency (NR)
Code or name of agency supplying the information.
$r - Jurisdiction of copyright assessment (NR)
Jurisdiction within which the copyright status assessment is being made.
$s - Source of information (NR)
Source of the copyright information, whether from the piece or from other sources.
$u - Uniform Resource Identifier (R)
Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), for example a URL or URN, which provides electronic access data in a standard syntax. The data may be a more detailed statement about information relating to copyright status.
$3 - Materials specified (NR)
$6 - Linkage (NR)
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
Examples
542 1#$aMartin, Henri Jean$dUniversity of Chicago Press$fCopyright 1994 by the University of Chicago$g1994$o20071103$rUS
542 ##$cLiterary Classics of the United States$fChronology, Note on the Text, and Notes copyright 1983 by Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., New York, N.Y.$g1983$o20070526$pUS $rUS$3Chronology, Note on the Text, Notes
542 ##$aBurgess, Thornton W. (Illustrated by Harrison Cady)$dLouis W. Doherty & Third National Bank of Hampden County (E of Thornton W. Burgess)$g1945$h1972$sCopyright Renewal Database
542 0#$fCopyright 1895$g1895$kLondon, Macmillan$lPublic domain$o20061201175546$pGB $qInternet Archive, California$rUS$sEvidence reported by scanner-scott-cairns for item lettersofmaththew01arnouoft; visible notice of copyright; stated date is 1895
542 ##$fCopyright 1948 SEPS$g1948$o20070202$rUS
542 ##$aGoldie, James$dGoldie, James$dGoldie, Ruth$fCopyright 1927 by James and Ruth Goldie$g1927$i1927$nCopyright not renewed$o20071204$qDLC$rUS $sUS Copyright Office records
542 1#$aundetermined$dundetermined $g1905?$lundetermined$mundetermined $o20071210$q[supplying agency]$rUS
542 1#$cWarner Bros. Pictures, Inc.$dundetermined$fCopyright: Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.; 23Dec37; LP7892$g1937$lundetermined $o20071129$rUS
542 ##$aCalifornia District Courts of Appeal (J.O. Tucker, editor)$dBancroft-Whitney Co. (PWH)$g1944$h1972$sCopyright Renewal Database
542 ##$cDecca$dDecca $g2000$kundetermined$lundetermined $o20061213$rUS$3Performance

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