On 5/6/05, Tom Harris <beacybooks@bigpond.com> wrote:
I have a question relation to correcting a pre-1923 edition with a post 1923 edition.
Assuming, in my response, that the post-1923 edtion is out of copyright, or at least will be treated that way.
I know that where the corrections are minor this is OK. But what if the post-1923 edition adds a few footnotes to the text, by an editor. Are these OK to add in?
No. Definitly not.
In addition, what happens if the pre-1923 edition is a severely edited version of the true work, which, although written in the 1860's, only saw publication in full in the 1960's. I realise that the new introduction, notes etc. by the editor cannot be included, but is the text OK?
No. If it only saw publication in the 1960's, the clock on the copyright on that text started in the 1960s.