David, Thanks for the concise reply. This means that the1960's text will be OK if hosted in a country with life+70 copyright, such as Australia, since the original author is well dead. Is this correct? Regards Tom Harris BeacyBooks beacybooks@bigpond.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Starner" <prosfilaes@gmail.com> To: "Project Gutenberg Volunteer Discussion" <gutvol-d@lists.pglaf.org> Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2005 12:19 AM Subject: Re: [gutvol-d] OK to correct a text with post-1923 editions? On 5/6/05, Tom Harris <beacybooks@bigpond.com> wrote:
I have a question relation to correcting a pre-1923 edition with a post 1923 edition.
Assuming, in my response, that the post-1923 edtion is out of copyright, or at least will be treated that way.
I know that where the corrections are minor this is OK. But what if the post-1923 edition adds a few footnotes to the text, by an editor. Are these OK to add in?
No. Definitly not.
In addition, what happens if the pre-1923 edition is a severely edited version of the true work, which, although written in the 1860's, only saw publication in full in the 1960's. I realise that the new introduction, notes etc. by the editor cannot be included, but is the text OK?
No. If it only saw publication in the 1960's, the clock on the copyright on that text started in the 1960s. _______________________________________________ gutvol-d mailing list gutvol-d@lists.pglaf.org http://lists.pglaf.org/listinfo.cgi/gutvol-d