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Originally Posted by bgalbrecht
This is not true. Distributed Proofreaders scanned the records and proofread them, at least for non-periodical written works, and the results of this are used at the Stanford Copyright Renewals Database, but it's not authoritative in the courts. You'll still need to go to the Library of Congress to check the records if you get sued.
Also, there are cases where there are name changes that cause problems. At least one magazine serial got pulled from Project Gutenberg because the novel was copyrighted under a different name. Project Gutenberg has stopped giving clearances for post-1923, but they intend to allow post-1923 clearances again after they finish vetting their copyright clearance rule changes for this class. |
Interesting, I was unaware!