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Originally Posted by sqdancer
To the best of my knowledge, Orwell died in 1950 and his books are not public domain in the USA yet. Copyright regulations are different in different countries, which is why the University of Adelaide posts a copyright warning in their FAQs. |
It is my understanding that in the United States any book copyrighted in 1923 or before is in the public domain and is, therefore, "safe." Most books copyrighted after 1923 are not in the public domain. However, copyright laws are very complex in the United States for books copyrighted after 1923 and that is where you get into a rule concerning works being copyrighted for (I think) 75 years after the death of the author (or maybe it's the copyright holder). Anyway, if you want to learn about the ins and outs of it, there are websites which have all of the details. If you have trouble going to sleep at night, reading through that information when you go to bed will definitely take care of that problem.