On 5/26/06, Greg Newby <gbnewby@pglaf.org> wrote:
If an eBooks is public domain in the US, then the scans are too. Even people outside of the US cannot (or at least, not successfully) claim PG can't redistribute them...or anyone else for that matter. I've saved some of our escapades on such issues: http://cand.pglaf.org/
I think he was more worried about the content provider's liability. I suspect a copyright holder could get very annoyed about one or two of the books I have provided to DP-EU, but I've personally chosen to have no public connection to those books. However
We are unaware of any case where copyright laws of another country impacts public domain status in the US.
is not 100% true. To be pedantic, there are rule 6 clearances possible based on a non-US work not being in copyright in its home country when the URAA was passed.