Thread: (US specific) 80% of books published 1924-63 allegedly in public domain
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Old 08-05-2019, 12:58 PM   #1
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(US specific) 80% of books published 1924-63 allegedly in public domain
archive.org has a human readable list of copyright registrations.

The NY Public Library encoded the list into XML. Data mining revealed 80% of the copyrights were never renewed.

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