On 21/07/05, dpbsmith(a)verizon.net <dpbsmith(a)verizon.net> wrote:
I have to believe that Project Gutenberg knows is or
is not in the public
domain, that after sixteen years the odds are that the British Crown knows
that Project Gutenberg is doing it, and if they haven't complained there is
probably a good reason.
AIUI, this particular copyright is not recognised under the Berne
Convention (since it's effectively "in perpetuity")... so it's become
public domain anywhere that's not under the Crown. And PG, of course,
is an American organisation :-)
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- Andrew Gray
andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk