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DeusExMe · 06-19-2008, 11:58 PM

In the United States anything published after 1923 is still under copyright. Therefore, when someone in the US purchases a works or complete works compilation on the Kindle which contains material published after 1923 (though still long ago) he is placing copyrighted materials on the Kindle. If that compilation was originally taken from Project Gutenberg, formatted, and put up for sale on the Kindle, the existing copyright is not being honored. Which means by doing so, that US citizen is breaking his country's copyright law. Are there any errors in my logic, here?

I purchased the Complete Works of Gilbert Kieth Chesterton from Amazon, only to find out that some of Chesterton's work was published after 1923... I am a US citizen living in the US. Is the only legally responsible thing to do therefore, to remove that compilation from my Kindle?

Also

How does one know what classic books (i.e. those which were probably taken from Project Gutenberg) on the Amazon Kindle shop have a deal to honor the copyright in place? Most are presumably just downloaded,formatted, and uploaded... Yet some of us live in the U.S.A. where copyright law is (from what I understand) a bit different.

Forgive me if I sound ignorant... I am trying to learn here...

06-19-2008, 11:58 PM	#1
DeusExMe Kingdom Agent Posts: 22 Karma: 24 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Springfield, VT Device: Amazon Kindle	Kindle Shopping on Amazon and copyright issues which may result... In the United States anything published after 1923 is still under copyright. Therefore, when someone in the US purchases a works or complete works compilation on the Kindle which contains material published after 1923 (though still long ago) he is placing copyrighted materials on the Kindle. If that compilation was originally taken from Project Gutenberg, formatted, and put up for sale on the Kindle, the existing copyright is not being honored. Which means by doing so, that US citizen is breaking his country's copyright law. Are there any errors in my logic, here? I purchased the Complete Works of Gilbert Kieth Chesterton from Amazon, only to find out that some of Chesterton's work was published after 1923... I am a US citizen living in the US. Is the only legally responsible thing to do therefore, to remove that compilation from my Kindle? Also How does one know what classic books (i.e. those which were probably taken from Project Gutenberg) on the Amazon Kindle shop have a deal to honor the copyright in place? Most are presumably just downloaded,formatted, and uploaded... Yet some of us live in the U.S.A. where copyright law is (from what I understand) a bit different. Forgive me if I sound ignorant... I am trying to learn here...