It's already been long enough that I've forgotten the issue... all I know is that the King James Version of the Bible was among the earliest works released by Project Gutenberg--in 1989. (In 2004 they released an English version of the Douay-Rheims). 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.