10-06-2016, 01:50 PM | #76 | ||
eBook Enthusiast
Posts: 85,544
Karma: 93383043
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: UK
Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6
|
Quote:
Quote:
"Sweat of the brow" was rejected in the US by a 1991 ruling of the Supreme Court. Last edited by HarryT; 10-06-2016 at 01:56 PM. |
||
10-06-2016, 02:02 PM | #77 | |
Chief Bohemian Misfit
Posts: 571
Karma: 462964
Join Date: May 2013
Device: iPad, ADE
|
Quote:
Of course, I suppose there are instances where claiming copyright on something that one clearly has no rights to would be an offense, too -- I can't just go and declare copyright on the latest movie out in the theatres, for example -- but in a case such as my own, not declaring copyright at all does potentially leave open the door for anyone to do whatever they want to. A rather notable example of that is the 1963 Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn film, Charade -- the studios had neglected to include a copyright notice anywhere in the credits, and thus the very day it was released in the theatres, it was in the public domain. |
|
Advert | |
|
10-06-2016, 02:07 PM | #78 | |
eBook Enthusiast
Posts: 85,544
Karma: 93383043
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: UK
Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6
|
Quote:
|
|
10-06-2016, 02:24 PM | #79 |
Chief Bohemian Misfit
Posts: 571
Karma: 462964
Join Date: May 2013
Device: iPad, ADE
|
Yeah, I know that, and you know that, but there's a lot of people out there who still think (through ignorance) that if there is no copyright notice, they can just take it and do whatever they want with it. If nothing else, having a copyright notice (where/how applicable) can help stave off having to waste your time with people in that category.
Last edited by Psymon; 10-06-2016 at 02:33 PM. |
10-07-2016, 05:36 AM | #80 |
The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
Posts: 72,251
Karma: 309000000
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Norfolk, England
Device: Kindle Voyage
|
It seems to me that you're more concerned with attribution, rather than copyright. I certainly agree that you have the moral right to have your name attached to your editions.
|
Advert | |
|
10-11-2016, 11:47 AM | #81 |
Obsessively Dedicated...
Posts: 3,200
Karma: 34978132
Join Date: May 2011
Location: JAPAN (US expatriate)
Device: Sony PRS-T2, ADE on PC
|
I'm not sure if this comment is apropos, but when I add "extras" to a rehabbed public domain book, I include a statement on this order:
"The original text of this book is in the public domain in countries where copyright is "Life+70" or less [or whatever the time span since the death of the author]. Additional material [usually footnotes/annotations] and cover design are released under the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike 4.0 License." Which, if downloaders are honorable folk, means they should only redistribute the book free of charge and attribute me for the additional material and original cover design. Doesn't mean that will happen though. There is a certain **@$%/* who scrapes the MR and other free libraries and sells the books he gathers on the Kobo site for a few dollars each. What a horse's patoot! |
10-21-2016, 03:52 AM | #82 | ||
Chief Bohemian Misfit
Posts: 571
Karma: 462964
Join Date: May 2013
Device: iPad, ADE
|
Quote:
Here's what I have now in my book: "This ebook copyright © Ron Koster, 2016. All images — including the cover art and all other original digital artwork, as well as public domain images modified and manipulated specifically for use in this ebook — are copyright Ron Koster. The six Shakespearean plays in this book originate from public domain sources, with modifications mainly to formatting and only minor conformity in word (name) spelling. The various poems — including those accredited to Shakespeare, as well as The Ghost of Lucrece by Thomas Middleton, and the complete Loves Martyr of Robert Chester — are new digital transcriptions by Ron Koster made directly from the original 16th and 17th century sources, with a variety of textual corrections and emendations made throughout each poetic work. For any activities regulated by copyright, written permission from the copyright holder is required." I suppose that provides more info than just a mere copyright notice, but I guess it serves its purpose in making clear what was "my" work and what is purely public domain stuff. Quote:
Reminds me of when I was working on my series of books on the works of Henry David Thoreau. I'd downloaded a variety of free versions from different sources, just to get ideas from how others had done things, and they were ALL basically just the ones put out by Project Gutenberg, with perhaps the most notable difference in design, etc. being the addition of a publisher's imprint -- fer cryin' out loud. How these people can even call themselves a "publisher," when they've done virtually no work at all, is beyond me. Last edited by Psymon; 10-21-2016 at 06:16 AM. |
||
10-21-2016, 04:00 AM | #83 |
eBook Enthusiast
Posts: 85,544
Karma: 93383043
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: UK
Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6
|
|
10-21-2016, 04:09 AM | #84 |
Chief Bohemian Misfit
Posts: 571
Karma: 462964
Join Date: May 2013
Device: iPad, ADE
|
|
10-21-2016, 10:51 AM | #85 | ||
frumious Bandersnatch
Posts: 7,534
Karma: 19000001
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Spaniard in Sweden
Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura
|
Quote:
Quote:
|
||
10-31-2016, 01:40 AM | #86 |
Chief Bohemian Misfit
Posts: 571
Karma: 462964
Join Date: May 2013
Device: iPad, ADE
|
After aaaaaaaaall that, I just uploaded my completed book to the EPUB uploads here on these forums, if you'd like to take a peek at what all the hubbub (my hubbub) was about.
|
03-22-2017, 07:23 PM | #87 |
Addict
Posts: 238
Karma: 1500000
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Toronto
Device: Pandigital Novel (Black), T-2 and 3, Nexus 7
|
I thought I would stroll through this forum before I started to post my Markham books.
In regard to publishers claiming copyright of text that is in the public Domain, I came across this notice in an Evelyn Waugh ebook I took out from the library: All rights reserved. This title is in the public domain in Canada and is not subject to any license or copyright. This is Penguin Random House Canada publication. I've been looking at work of Wilfred Owen. His poems are clearly in the public domain now but the notes and essays in the books of his work are all under copyright. Siegried Sassoon who died in 1967 will enter public domain in Canada next year but will be inaccessible to MR until 2038. I see that the contents of the first, short book of poems has been posted. I have the later Collected Poems and the structure of some of the poems in the first book was changed for the Collected version. The Collected Poems is available from the Indian Digital collection (but two pages are missing). I'll thin about it but the notes really do add to the value of the collection. |
03-23-2017, 06:31 AM | #88 |
The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
Posts: 72,251
Karma: 309000000
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Norfolk, England
Device: Kindle Voyage
|
|
08-06-2019, 04:13 PM | #89 |
Wizard
Posts: 1,086
Karma: 6719822
Join Date: Jul 2012
Device: Palm Pilot M105
|
For posting a book here is the rule always life+70?
What about something where the author died in 1977 but the books fall under "Anything published between 1923 and 1963, with a copyright notice, for which copyright was NOT specifically renewed, is PD." The books are on Project Gutenberg so I'm assuming that they fall under that rule. |
08-06-2019, 04:46 PM | #90 | |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 11,470
Karma: 13095790
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Grass Valley, CA
Device: EB 1150, EZ Reader, Literati, iPad 2 & Air 2, iPhone 7
|
Quote:
Dale |
|
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Reference Book Uploads Posting Guidelines | HarryT | ePub Books | 20 | 01-31-2015 02:28 AM |
Book Uploads Posting Guidelines | HarryT | Other Books | 19 | 07-13-2009 06:52 AM |
Book Uploads Posting Guidelines | HarryT | BBeB/LRF Books | 22 | 12-03-2008 03:29 PM |
Book Uploads Posting Guidelines | HarryT | Kindle Books | 26 | 08-13-2008 07:35 AM |
Book Uploads Posting Guidelines | HarryT | IMP Books | 12 | 02-21-2008 07:09 PM |