"D" == D Starner <shalesller@writeme.com> writes:
D> "Michael Hart" writes: >> As for the recent request to delete Shakespeare #100, I never >> heard back from my reply, so I never got to the bottom line >> reasoning behind that request. Perhaps it was only because of >> copyright, or because it was such an early effort that it >> needed proofing to bring it up to today's standards. D> I sent a message to gutvol-d about it earlier. It's a D> copyrighted edition of a public domain text, and there's D> nothing in that file to indicate that the edition was first D> published in 1931 and isn't just an electronic copy of a public D> domain edition. And even if it is a 1931 edition, the copyright D> notices are wrong; electronic editions of texts do not get a D> new copyright. In many ways, it's the epitome of stuff PG D> opposes. Including the original publication date for example would classify this edition as public domain in Italy (where critical editions get 20 years of copyright) and in many other countries. Carlo Traverso