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MaggieScratch · 02-13-2008, 05:46 PM

They are PDFs, right? They own the copyright of the PDFs of those publications, because they made the PDFs. Just like a Penguin edition of a public domain novel is copyrighted for that edition. Microfilm/microfiche works the same way. Same with images of old paintings in museums--the painting itself is in the public domain, but the copyright of photographs of the paintings belongs to the photographer.

So you can go ahead and make copies of the same magazines that you bought off eBay and sell them, yes. YOU would own copyright of THOSE editions.

02-13-2008, 05:46 PM	#3
MaggieScratch Has got to the black veil Posts: 542 Karma: 2144168 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Southeastern Pennsylvania Device: Kobo Aura One, Kindle Paperwhite 2	They are PDFs, right? They own the copyright of the PDFs of those publications, because they made the PDFs. Just like a Penguin edition of a public domain novel is copyrighted for that edition. Microfilm/microfiche works the same way. Same with images of old paintings in museums--the painting itself is in the public domain, but the copyright of photographs of the paintings belongs to the photographer. So you can go ahead and make copies of the same magazines that you bought off eBay and sell them, yes. YOU would own copyright of THOSE editions. Last edited by MaggieScratch; 02-13-2008 at 05:50 PM.