Some 1925 Publications that are Public Domain in 2021 in the USA
You should review the copyright regs for the country in which you are located (note I'm not a lawyer). Like the U.S., Canadian copyright rules are different than in the UK, IIRC. You must abide by the regulations of your country to access (note I didn't limit this to download) works that are copyright protected or PD in your country.
So, for example, I'm in the U.S. I cannot legally access a book on a Canadian site (for download, or just to read on-line) if the book's copyright date is later than 1925 (not PD in U.S., with some exceptions), even if the author has been dead for more than 50 years (PD in Canada), as I understand the U.S. regs under which I am governed.
FWIW.
So, for example, I'm in the U.S. I cannot legally access a book on a Canadian site (for download, or just to read on-line) if the book's copyright date is later than 1925 (not PD in U.S., with some exceptions), even if the author has been dead for more than 50 years (PD in Canada), as I understand the U.S. regs under which I am governed.
FWIW.
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It's illegal to download the book, and it's illegal to record it. Both actions make a copy of it.Hanglerfish wrote: ↑February 14th, 2021, 7:59 amThanks for clarifying.annise wrote: ↑February 14th, 2021, 4:11 am You would certainly be breaking the copyright laws in Britain if you downloaded the text there as the law there is based on the death date of the author, not the publication date.
All mention of PD status here is based on USA law because that is where all our files are stored.
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So is it illegal to download the book here, but not to record it? Or are both illegal? The text I was going to use was from a public domain archive in Canada, where it's all PD, so no download is required.
Where the server or text is located doesn't matter. Where YOU are located, matters. If someone in the UK downloads or records a book that isn't PD in the UK, they've made an illegal copy of it.
If a Brit takes a holiday to Canada, they can download the text, listen to the audiobook, and/or record the book while they're here. However, they'd be breaking the law to bring that copy back into the UK with them.
*Caveat: I'm not a lawyer, either, but this is how I understand copyright law to work.*
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You are correct. Wodehouse is only PD in the USA; he's still under copyright everywhere else in the world.
(If you're a Brit but happen to be in the US, you could do it while you're there. If you're an American who happens to be in the UK, you could not do it.)
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America Exploration: The First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci
Serial novel: The Wandering Jew
Medieval England meets Civil War Americans: Centuries Apart
America Exploration: The First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci
Serial novel: The Wandering Jew
Medieval England meets Civil War Americans: Centuries Apart
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No, I don't know. But any work published in 1925 is now PD in the USA as of January 1, 2021.
School fiction: David Blaize
America Exploration: The First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci
Serial novel: The Wandering Jew
Medieval England meets Civil War Americans: Centuries Apart
America Exploration: The First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci
Serial novel: The Wandering Jew
Medieval England meets Civil War Americans: Centuries Apart
The Lost King of Oz is at pgdp.net now to go into Project Gutenberg.
https://www.pgdp.net/c/project.php?id=projectID6094599ad315b
https://archive.org/details/the-lost-king-of-oz
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Carry On Jeeves - P.G. Wodehouse
This is a project at pgdp.net to go to Project Gutenberg
https://www.pgdp.net/c/project.php?id=projectID6095c3d0120c6
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This is a project at pgdp.net to go to Project Gutenberg
https://www.pgdp.net/c/project.php?id=projectID6095c3d0120c6
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Go for it. You can do so by... starting it.
P.S. The link above doesn't work - well, it does, but there's no text there. Here's a copy: https://archive.org/details/porgy00heyw/page/n7/mode/2up
School fiction: David Blaize
America Exploration: The First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci
Serial novel: The Wandering Jew
Medieval England meets Civil War Americans: Centuries Apart
America Exploration: The First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci
Serial novel: The Wandering Jew
Medieval England meets Civil War Americans: Centuries Apart
This is in smooth reading at pgdp.net right now if anyone is interested.gweeks wrote: ↑May 7th, 2021, 5:42 pm Carry On Jeeves - P.G. Wodehouse
This is a project at pgdp.net to go to Project Gutenberg
https://www.pgdp.net/c/project.php?id=projectID6095c3d0120c6
Greg
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