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HarryT · 04-02-2007, 02:46 AM

I would take the purely practical view, personally, that if a book appears in any of the major PD collections (eg PG Australia) then, on a practical level, nobody is going to be fussed about people posting it even if, technically speaking, it violates "local" copyright laws.

Eg, the book you posted - T.E.Lawrence's "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" - is not in the public domain in the US, but is in the EU, which has a "life + 70" copyright term - Lawrence died in 1935, so it entered the public domain in 2005 here.

I seriously doubt that the US copyright authorities are going to be bothered about it, given that anyone can go along to PG Australia and download it.

04-02-2007, 02:46 AM	#55
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,556 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I would take the purely practical view, personally, that if a book appears in any of the major PD collections (eg PG Australia) then, on a practical level, nobody is going to be fussed about people posting it even if, technically speaking, it violates "local" copyright laws. Eg, the book you posted - T.E.Lawrence's "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" - is not in the public domain in the US, but is in the EU, which has a "life + 70" copyright term - Lawrence died in 1935, so it entered the public domain in 2005 here. I seriously doubt that the US copyright authorities are going to be bothered about it, given that anyone can go along to PG Australia and download it. Last edited by HarryT; 04-02-2007 at 02:50 AM.