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Originally Posted by HarryT
Yes, that is an "orphaned work": the situation where the rights-holder of a book decides not to publish it any longer. There are huge numbers of books in that state.
Currently, your legal option are to find an existing copy of the book (eg in a library - it will be in a "copyright library" such as the British Library, or the Library of Congress, which automatically receive a copy of every published work) or wait for the copyright period to expire. The point of copyright libraries, by the way, is precisely to ensure that the situation you describe doesn't occur: ie, that all copies of a book never disappear.
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Ah ok, I thought I was referring to censorhip.
RE: Copies in the library of congress, specifically a single copy of the book described above with an author in the cave who is no longer making copies.
Seriously 1 copy?? What good is that going to do anyone? Don't you think, at least in this situation the Library of Congress should go ahead and make that copy digital to allow for the wonderful ideas contained within the text to be more widespread?
