On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 01:58:31PM -0500, Greg Weeks wrote:
On Mon, 13 Mar 2006, Andrew Sly wrote:
However, this text contains the prominent statement "Copyright 1999", copied from the original printed book. Am I right in thinking this could lead to confusion?
This seems to be pretty common in the rule 6 stuff I've been clearing. I think it's confusing to have an incorrect copyright statement in the PG version even when the original book had the statement.
I agree with you, Greg. We had some discussion about this among the whitewashers team, and I know it's come up in some DP forum discussions. The PG policy is that it's the producer's choice whether to leave such info in. (We used to have a policy against including a transcription of the full title/verso page due to concerns about trademarked publishers' names, but we've since received legal advice this is not a major concern.) Personally, I'd most likely opt to add a note somewhere where an outdated copyright statement appears, reaffirming the public domain status of the PG eBook. -- Greg