Why is it that PG maintains the fiction that MK is
still in copyright when Fredonia is publishing a PD version? Obviously they know
something we don't or haven't bothered to find out. Fredonia books are printed
and distriibuted in the US.
Fredonia has 1770 PD books listed on Amazon.com and
University Press of the Pacific (Honolulu) have 3407, many of these post 1923.
Fredonia in fact lists the source they are copying in their books. I have not
examined any Pacific Press books yet. It would seem that PG would not be
treading in dangerous waters by following the lead of these publishers.
I agree that the fact that numerous copies of MK
survive on the Internet is no reason to assume PD status, but hard copy books in
quantity in the US are another matter which should bear some study. I have yet
to see a book by these publishers where research does not show a presumption of
PD status
Perhaps PG if not "pushing " the envelope, should
at least crawl inside it.