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Originally Posted by kacir
Are his books still in copyright?
Karl May died in 1912 so the "70 years after authors death rule of the thumb" should apply to his works ...
I can't find his works on project gutenberg site. Strange.
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There are a couple of his books posted at Project Gutenberg. Try this link:
http://www.gutenberg.org/author/Karl_May
Since Karl May died in 1912, his works are in the public domain in life+50 and life+70 countries. But that applies to the German version of his works. Any that were translated into English would be in copyright until 50 or 70 years after the *translator's death*. New translations are covered by new copyrights. A generous translator might offer his (or her) translation under a Creative Commons copyright, allowing the translation to be posted here on MobileRead.