-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 At 02:02 AM 10/29/2005, you wrote:
At 09:26 PM 10/28/2005 -0400, you wrote:
Ooops! I meant The World's Free Public Library.
Hello. I don't mean to nitpick, but that isn't true. Unfortunately not everyone in the world can download every PG book since some are still under copyright in Europe and now Mexico. If we're going to use a place name, it would be the USA's free public library which eliminates most other places since copyright clearance is only done for US copyright laws. That doesn't count PG of Australia though which has different laws, or PG of Canada. However, if someone from Europe downloads a book that is still under copyright in their country even though it is public domain in the US, this leads to confusion by saying the world's public library. It's a nice thought though and for the older books it would apply nicely.
From what I understand, PG gives books away to the world. If their local copyright laws make it illegal for them to use our library, it makes no difference. We are still the world's public library because the world, as far as we are concerned, is welcome. It's like if documents published by the World Health Organization were made illegal in a specific country or group of countries, it wouldn't make the World Health Organization any less of a world health organization. Just because some countries choose not to partake, that does not mean that the nature or mission of the organization has changed. Sincerely Aaron Cannon - -- E-mail: cannona@fireantproductions.com Skype: cannona MSN Messenger: cannona@hotmail.com (Do not send E-mail to the hotmail address.) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) - GPGrelay v0.959 Comment: Key available from all major key servers. iD8DBQFDY5OOI7J99hVZuJcRAgujAKCYQrt1gexH6ElKD3kY/gqVtK96/wCg16Dy ufk6hQWU9ZmIsw8k2C8NV1k= =GzBi -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----