Some books entering the public domain in the USA in 2023

[InTheDesert]

The Honor Girl by Grace Livingston Hill (1927)

[KevinS]

The Counterfeiters by Andre Gide (English translation.)

https://archive.org/details/counterfeiters00gide/page/n7/mode/2up

I read Gide as a young man because I was told to. I never saw his charm, but have learned that the young haven't always an appreciation of the old.

[progressingamerica]

Hey admins,

When books enter the public domain annually (1926/2022, 1927/2023, 1928/2024) if Hathitrust.org "forgets" to update because the year moves forward but it still says "protected by copyright law", can Librivox confidently go by the copyright date itself and disregard Hathi?

Just curious how this would be handled. Here is Gangs of New York (mentioned in the original post)

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001134261
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015008590856
"Protected by copyright law."

https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2023/

The original 1927 publication is PD. The link you have is a 1928 edition - which I would assume is different.

Ah, thanks for catching that. I should have. But still, is the date of publication the singular only piece of data that matters?

[TriciaG]

Ah, thanks for catching that. I should have. But still, is the date of publication the singular only piece of data that matters?

For our purposes, for works published over, say, 90 years ago, yes. US copyright is much more complicated than that (with copyright renewals and such that might have made something fall into the PD when they weren't done), and when you get into the 1970s or so, then the death year of the author matters. But if you ignore the copyright renewal exception and stick with works that fall into the PD after 95 years, then yes - the nationality or length of life of the author, where the book was published, etc. don't matter.

Here's one copyright flowchart I found, if you want to really explore the ins and outs of it: https://www.sunsteinlaw.com/copyright-flowchart\

And, a table: https://guides.library.cornell.edu/copyright/publicdomain

[mattm]

"We" by Charles Lindbergh was published in 1927.
https://archive.org/details/welind00lind

[GraceBuchanan]

The Small Bachelor by P.G. Wodehouse
https://archive.org/details/smallbachelor0000unse/mode/2up

This looks to be a complete readable copy. I'll be running this at pgdp.net.

Greg

Thanks for pointing this one out. It looks like great fun to record as a solo. I'm looking forward to when it's at Gutenberg. I prefer to read from Gutenberg files.

[GraceBuchanan]

I just posted the scans for these to archive.org.

Tom Swift Circling The Globe by Appleton, Victor
https://archive.org/details/tom-swift-circling-the-globe
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/69682

The House On The Cliff by Dixon, Franklin W.
https://archive.org/details/the-house-on-the-cliff_202301

The Gnome King Of Oz by Thompson, Ruth Plumly
https://archive.org/details/the-gnome-king-of-oz

These will eventually make through pgdp.net to post to Project Gutenberg.

Greg

Your updates are fun to see. Thanks for sharing them here. And a big THANK YOU for all that you do to make these available.

[KevinS]

I just posted the scans for these to archive.org.

Tom Swift Circling The Globe by Appleton, Victor
https://archive.org/details/tom-swift-circling-the-globe
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/69682

The House On The Cliff by Dixon, Franklin W.
https://archive.org/details/the-house-on-the-cliff_202301

The Gnome King Of Oz by Thompson, Ruth Plumly
https://archive.org/details/the-gnome-king-of-oz

These will eventually make through pgdp.net to post to Project Gutenberg.

Greg

Your updates are fun to see. Thanks for sharing them here. And a big THANK YOU for all that you do to make these available.

It is fun. Thanks for adding to the party!

[JoniVaat]

LM Montgomery's "Emily's Quest" was published in 1927. It's the third in the trilogy.

This would be a fun one to take part in narrating!

[TriciaG]

LM Montgomery's "Emily's Quest" was published in 1927. It's the third in the trilogy.

This would be a fun one to take part in narrating!

It's in progress, but it looks like all the chapters are claimed.

[JoniVaat]

LM Montgomery's "Emily's Quest" was published in 1927. It's the third in the trilogy.

This would be a fun one to take part in narrating!

It's in progress, but it looks like all the chapters are claimed.

Ah. Ok.

[gweeks]

Unnatural death by Dorothy L. Sayers
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/70008

Greg

[gweeks]

The Small Bachelor by P.G. Wodehouse
https://archive.org/details/smallbachelor0000unse/mode/2up

This looks to be a complete readable copy. I'll be running this at pgdp.net.

The small bachelor by P. G. Wodehouse
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/70041

Greg

[zachh]

Thank you very much, that will make recording vastly easier. I had to hold the screen a foot or so from my eyes to read some of the text on Archive.

[gweeks]

Also Meet Mr Mulliner I think.

This just posted to PG.
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/70222