[bookshare-discuss] Re: searching for public domain books
- From: Tony Baechler <bookshare@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 00:10:57 -0700
Hi. One other note on public domain books for international users. What
country are you in? Each country has its own laws about what is and is not
public domain. Possibly books you might be downloading which are public
domain in the US are illegal in your country since most countries go by the
death of the author to determine this instead of publication date. Only
the US uses the publication date. Another two sites which you should visit
are:
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/
http://www.gutenberg.net.au/
Only visit the second if you are in Australia or your country puts books
into the public domain 50 years after the death of the author. Copyright
law is very complicated, so be careful with what you download. Even
Australian law changed at the beginning of 2005. Canada is also life plus
50 years. Most other European countries are life plus 70.
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