Thread: (US specific) 80% of books published 1924-63 allegedly in public domain
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Old 08-05-2019, 09:52 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg View Post
So what happens now? Is the act of having proofread for digitization copyrightable? Or is the eBook completely public domain?
The book itself can be copied, the version that is at Amazon as a whole cannot unless you remove all additional notes and clarifications. How much you would have to remove is anybody's guess. Definitely not as simple as PG, where all you need to remove is the Gutenberg notice at the beginning.
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