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etienne66 · 07-11-2009, 04:13 PM

I found my answer at http://www.archive.org/details/unive...rnia_libraries & http://www.archive.org/details/msn_books

On the Univ. of Cal. page it states: "Books sponsored by UC (in other words, the ones UC paid for the scanning) have no additional restrictions beyond the underlying works. If the work is public domain then these images and derivative works are public domain. Books supplied from the UC libraries but sponsored by another organization may have restrictions."

And more importantly on the Microsoft page it states: "Microsoft nor the Internet Archive assert no additional rights beyond what may be due to others."

So I guess I will be posting this in the near future on Amazon and any other site I can get on.

Now that I know where to look about the copyrights on their site, there may be a few more books I might proofread, but there is no way I would be able to do "The Century Dictionary" myself. The first volume is located @ http://www.archive.org/details/centurydict01whit and is over around 1000 pages of tiny 3 column print, but it has some very nice illustrations as well.

"The Century Dictionary" would take an effort like that of the Distributed Proofreaders.

Thanks,
Etienne66

07-11-2009, 04:13 PM	#5
etienne66 Groupie Posts: 185 Karma: 9832 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Texas, US Device: Kindle 2, PRS-600 Black, PRS-650 Red, Adam w/ Pixel Qi(pre-ordered)	I found my answer at http://www.archive.org/details/unive...rnia_libraries & http://www.archive.org/details/msn_books On the Univ. of Cal. page it states: "Books sponsored by UC (in other words, the ones UC paid for the scanning) have no additional restrictions beyond the underlying works. If the work is public domain then these images and derivative works are public domain. Books supplied from the UC libraries but sponsored by another organization may have restrictions." And more importantly on the Microsoft page it states: "Microsoft nor the Internet Archive assert no additional rights beyond what may be due to others." So I guess I will be posting this in the near future on Amazon and any other site I can get on. Now that I know where to look about the copyrights on their site, there may be a few more books I might proofread, but there is no way I would be able to do "The Century Dictionary" myself. The first volume is located @ http://www.archive.org/details/centurydict01whit and is over around 1000 pages of tiny 3 column print, but it has some very nice illustrations as well. "The Century Dictionary" would take an effort like that of the Distributed Proofreaders. Thanks, Etienne66