[Wikipedia-l] 1911 encyclopedia

[João Mário Miranda]

Hannes Hirzel wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 16 Mar 2002, Ian wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, Hannes Hirzel hirzel at spw.unizh.ch XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX wrote:
> > > That's not possible from the point of view of the copyright law as
> > > scanning is not a creative expression and the copyright of the original
> > > material has expired. The only thing which is possible is to claim
> > > copyright on additional markup, layout, presentation and additional
> > > graphics.
> > >
> > > HJH
> >
> > Then how come in Project Gutenberg, as I understand it, you have to use an
> > actual old copy of the book? If you want to digitize Mark Twain, you can't
> > pick up a copy at Wal-Mart, you have to go to the used book store.
> >
> > Perhaps I'm mistaken.
> >
> > Ian Monroe
> > http://mlug.missouri.edu/~eean/
> >
> 
> Because it is possible that the Wal-Mart copy is edited, this means has
> modernized spelling and perhaps additional footsnotes or remarks. The
> editing process makes it a new work of which again somebody holds the
> copyright.
> 
> So to be sure you are on the safe side you better use the 70 year old
> edition.
> If you are sure that the Wal-Mart edition is character by character
> identical to the 70 year old version you could use it.

The problem, I think, is that publishers make all kinds of
unsuported claims. For example, from the Bibliomania.com FAQ:

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