Matthew Brown wrote:
On 6/19/07, Jonathan Leybovich jleybov@yahoo.com wrote:
The Library of Congress does not seem to place any legal restrictions on the use of these archives for educational purposes (though it does not guarantee that other copyright holders might not have claims)
Under US law, given the pre-1922 scope of the project, most such claims would have no validity in any case. Everything first published in the US prior to 1922 is in the public domain.
pre-1923 -- That's why they include 1922
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