Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 08:01:27 -0500
From: Ken Heronheart <heronheart-AT-gmail.com>
To: puptcrit-driftline.org-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] questionable transactions on eBay


On 5/24/05, BiersBlackwood-AT-aol.com <BiersBlackwood-AT-aol.com> wrote:
> Mary,
>
> "Out-of-print" doesn't mean "out-of-copyright" or "in the public domain."

This is very true.  However books from this era had to have their
ccopyright "renewed" every 11 years to stay in copyright and it's been
estimated that upwards of 80% of the material from that era has
"fallen" out of copyright.  Part of the insanity of current copyright
law is that there is no simple wasy to determine if an old work is
still under copyright.   Some very conscienscious people have gone to
the trouble of tracking down copyright owners who didn't know that
they held the copyright to old works.  The bottom line is that these
e-books are "probably" legal, but the only practical way to know is to
wait for any copyright holder to step forward with an order to "cease
and desist".


- Ken -
Selling fine handmade masks and paper sculptures at  <url:
http://www.oakfire.com>
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