My recollection from the last time this was mentioned is that PG has had a few authors causually mention ideas like this over the years, but no one has actually gone ahead with it yet. I gather it would require some formal written statement, legally relinquishing copyright at a certain date, or under certain conditions (perhaps such as being out of print for a certain number of years.) I could understand most authors being reluctant to do that. Andrew On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, Branko Collin wrote:
Have you read this interview (<http://www.thealienonline.net/ao_030.asp?tid=1&scid=6&iid=2920>) with science-fiction author Charles Stross? He would not like disappearing into obscurity, so just to be sure he keeps getting published, he is contemplating donating the rights to one of his books to Project Gutenberg once it has stopped making him money: