Re the recent discussion of various copyright regimes... Yes, the U.S. was a hold-out through most of the 20th century, avoiding the major convention (Berne) that most other Western nations were party to. But I would argue that if the U.S. did not have its unique copyright history, then Project Gutenberg would be rather a different thing today. Neither American or Canadian copyright laws are "better", they are just different. Each provides its own problems for those wanting to utilize the public domain. In a life+N regime, it's a little odd if you find yourself wishing someone had died earlier. (Just today, I looked up the dates for a book I was hoping would be public domain, only to find--the author died in 1968. Darn.) And you also have the uncertain situations. Here is a description from the LoC of a title that have availible, if I want it: LC Control Number: 32012123 Type of Material: Text (Book, Microform, Electronic, etc.) Personal Name: Powell, Van. [from old catalog] Main Title: The mystery crash, Published/Created: New York, Chicago, A. L. Burt company [c1932] Description: 285 p. front. 19 cm. LC Classification: PZ7.P88 Sk no. 1 Is it PD in Canada under life+50? Who knows? I've done some searching and cannot find any dates for the author. Andrew