On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 09:55:52AM -0800, Jonathan Ingram wrote:
--- "Wallace J.McLean" <ag737@freenet.carleton.ca> wrote:
So when do we -- whoever WE is -- get PG-Canada, under life+50 rules, up and running?
Through DPEU I've already scanned and processed over 30 works which are public domain in life+70 (and hence life+50) countries, but not in the USA. Currently I have nowhere in the PG universe to publish them except PG-Australia, and I don't regard that as a viable long-term option -- at least, until I'm told otherwise. Even if PG Australia is happy to take my books, at the moment it's the only outlet for life+X texts, and we've seen with the Gone With The Wind fiasco the problems that can cause. We need a centralised PGUS-style storage system for life+X books that can be easily mirrored in other life+X countries, and that should preferably be based in the country with the most relaxed laws -- Canada.
-- Jon Ingram
Jon, I think the answer might be PG-EU. Have you talked with Zoran or Branco or any of the other folks involved? If they're not ready yet, I can talk with my buds at xs4all and maybe work on getting a server there. This is life+70, not life+50. There's a pg-eu mailing list I can put you in touch with, if you'd like. Canada is the only life+50 country left I can think of that's "in the works," and they don't have a server yet. If you have a set of documents, maybe it will help to move things along. The pgcanada list is on http://lists.pglaf.org -- Greg