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crich70 · 07-14-2016, 10:44 PM

I found an article (it was released in six parts originally) that was written back in 1835 which featured "the Great Moon Hoax." It was part of a webpage when I found it. Would it be considered as under copyright due to having been posted to the site or would it be out of copyright due to having been written back in 1835? I thought about posting epub and kindle format copies of the article to Mobileread but don't want to accidentally violate copyright if it is in force due to being posted online.

07-14-2016, 10:44 PM	#1
crich70 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,310 Karma: 43993832 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Monroe Wisconsin Device: K3, Kindle Paperwhite, Calibre, and Mobipocket for Pc (netbook)	A question on old vs new media and copyright I found an article (it was released in six parts originally) that was written back in 1835 which featured "the Great Moon Hoax." It was part of a webpage when I found it. Would it be considered as under copyright due to having been posted to the site or would it be out of copyright due to having been written back in 1835? I thought about posting epub and kindle format copies of the article to Mobileread but don't want to accidentally violate copyright if it is in force due to being posted online.