Tony Baechler 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.
I would still call it the world's free public library (or bookshop), and would consider those who want to lock themselves out, out of this world. Jeroen.