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Originally Posted by Sparrow
Is 'The Island of Sheep' out of copyright internationally?
According to http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu...?id=olbp35161:
"The title you have selected (The Island of Sheep) is a post-1922 publication by an author who died more than 50 years ago. Such titles are in the public domain in many countries, particularly those outside the US and Europe. However, this title most likely remains copyrighted under United States law, where works copyrighted in 1923 or later can remain under copyright for up to 95 years after publication."
The book isn't on the PG site; but is on PG Australia. |
Yes. So?
My concern wouldn't be whether it was technically still under copyright in the US. It's whether anyone would
care one way or the other that it was. Offhand, I'd say not. I don't believe any of Buchan's books are in print over here, and I can't see anyone getting upset that MobileRead has an anthology electronic edition including it.
UPenn is being ultra-cautious because they are a major university, highly visible, and they have to be. They feel they are required to put up that prominent warning notice, but I'd be quite surprised if they expected anyone in the US interested in Buchan's work to
obey it.
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Dennis