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Originally Posted by GrannyGrump
But, on the third hand, there is this thread
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=274514
where I asked about re-instatement of certain offline books; and was told that the US publisher complained. So taken off, even though the author died in 1939.
I would like to avoid that kind of prickly situation. |
People complain when they think there's money in it.
Along the same lines, good luck finding a free electronic copy of Margaret Mitchell's "Gone With the Wind" in the US. It's quite thoroughly in the public domain, but the Mitchell Estate takes legal action against anyone trying to post one. They haven't a legal leg to stand on, but no one who might be inclined to do it wants to take the time and spend the money on legal fees to defend their right to do it. Want to issue the work here? Pay the Estate a fee...
(It
is available from Project Gutenberg AU.)
For the sorts of stuff posted to the MR Library, I'd be astonished if anyone
noticed, let alone complained. No money in it.
(BTW, sent you a PM about the above mentioned thread.)
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Dennis