The Garrett Hardin Society


Copyright reprint requests for Garrett Hardin's material

From the representative of the estate of Garrett Hardin:

Please contact the original publisher before contacting the representative of the estate of Garrett Hardin, because the copyrights for most of Dr. Hardin's publications are still owned by their original publishers. If the original publisher maintains that the copyright had reverted to Dr. Hardin, or if the publisher, though now still in possession of the copyright, in addition required Dr. Hardin's permission, please include a copy of the publisher's communication to that effect when you contact Dr. Hardin's estate. The item for which permission is required should be identified as completely as possible, and if the original is to be abridged in any way, even to the omission of any notes, references, figures, boxes, graphs, and so forth, such abridgements must be completely specified so that they can be reviewed for approval.

Thus, if you wish to obtain copyright permission to reprint any of Dr. Hardin's material, please:

  1. Contact the publisher to obtain permission.
  2. If the publisher says that the estate of Dr. Hardin must then be contacted, you can contact the Garrett Hardin Society and we will put you in touch with the representative of the estate.
     
    When you contact us on this matter, please let us know the name of the publisher you contacted, the date you contacted them, and whether they issued copyright permission.
  3. The representative of the estate will require copies of the permission you received from the publisher.

For example

For example, if you wish to reprint the Tragedy of the Commons, follow these steps:

  1. The article was published in 1968 by Science Magazine. A search on the Science Magazine website for "Tragedy of the Commons" returns this page containing abstract information.
  2. On the left side of that page, click on "Get permission". This will take you to a Rights Link page, administered by the Copyright Clearance Center. On the Rights Link page, you will have the ability to request copyright permission.
  3. In most cases, the Rights Link request mechanism does not require you to contact the estate of Garrett Hardin for additional copyright request, as the article is copyrighted by the publisher.

Liaison

Please note that the Garrett Hardin Society does not have the ability to grant permission for reprint requests. We simply act as a liaison with the estate for such requests.

Thank you for your interest in the writings of Garrett Hardin.