Michael Hart <hart@pglaf.org> writes:
You won't be able to legally replace the World Library Shakespeare, because many of the source editions are still copyrighted, as Prof. George Lyman Kittredge didn't finish his complete Shakespeare until the 1930's.
However, the "life +50" PGs could redo him, as he died in 1941, but the "life +70" and US copyrights are still in force.
Editions are not "protected" that long in Germany--ten or some 20/25 years, the latter for scientific editions. Of course, editor's comments and footnotes, introductions and the like are protected life+70. -- http://www.gnu.franken.de/ke/ | ,__o | _-\_<, | (*)/'(*) Key fingerprint = F138 B28F B7ED E0AC 1AB4 AA7F C90A 35C3 E9D0 5D1C