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Originally Posted by etienne66
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."
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Well done for finding that. Note that that bit's hard to find while the "no commercial use" is up front. They are indeed just trying it on with the "no commercial use" clause. The book's in the public domain. They add nothing original to the book by scanning it. So scans and the text on the scans are also (at least in the US) in the public domain, following the case of Bridgeman Art Library, Ltd v. Corel Corp.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright...Supp2d_191.htm
It seems all institutions try this one, putting in clauses restricting what can be done with copies of 2D works. Accurate 2D copies of 2D works have no originality are are not protected by US copyright law.