We never
had to make any settlement with Britannica, or with
Oxford,
when they complained about "The Oxford Book Of English Verse,"
as they
never asked us to. Oxford *did* blow some smoke about the OED,
but it
was just that, and a decade ago, as I recall.
I think we will post the first page of the original OED, to
test the winds,
esp. since I own a first edition, and can thus prove it is from
1888.
We should be able to publish nearly all of the first edition,
except those
few volumes published after 1922. . .I can send a list, if you
like.
I should add that PG has TWO different teams working on the
Britannica,
and the other one mentions the name much more.
I got one message from the ex-CEO of Britannica, whom I know
through
other means, and explained that I had had nothing to do with
the second one.
mh
I am curious what prompted the inclusion of the previously
mentioned legal disclaimer in with PG texts for Encyclopedia
Britannica then? I know a good CYA is always in order, but it
seemed a little extreme in this case, particularly because content
was removed. There must be more to the story than what Michael
Hart is suggesting here.