Question
From: Bruno,Marian
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 11:40 AM
To: Ovuka, Nancy M.; Verne,B. Michael
Subject: FW: 4(c)author issue
Let's discuss this later.
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Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 10:09 AM
To: Bruno, Marian
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Subject: 4(c)author issue
Marian- here's the sort of issues that have arisen in identifying 4(c) authors andwhich we'd like to discuss. Supervisor A asks his team to prepare apresentation either for Supervisor A to present to Boss B or for Boss B topresent to Superboss C. Supervisor A's team prepared the document and he may ormay not have made any changes; in some cases he may not even have reviewed it.In all those cases, though, we think it it is appropriate to identify theauthor has having been "prepared under the direction of SupervisorA." We would not list individual authors and understand this"prepared under the supervision of" language is often used inpreparing 4(c) indexes.
If,instead, we were to try to list individual authors, in some cases it's fairlyeasy to identify core authors, or those situations where there were only a few,clearly identifiable authors. So there may be occasions when we take thatapproach.
Inother cases, however, the core authors may have asked someone for a page, for afew bullets or even just taken a page from a previous pitch. Listing everyonewho may have contributed an idea seems overly burdensome and possibly uninformative.(If the work of the author of a page in a previous presentation is copied andthat author is identified as an author of a new document, he may not even haveseen the document.) In those situations, we would think the author should be identifiedas the person under whose direction the document was prepared or by the coreauthors as they identify themselves. (Staff Comment Where possible,identify all that are known in addition to supervisor.)
Welook forward to your views on these issues; let us know when you're availableto discuss them. Thanks very much.