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It should also be noted that sometimes the original book is out of copyright but not a specific translation of that book. This is true for some of the texts used in the Harvard Classics series. Thankfully, all of the translations used there are in the public domain.
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I think Authors Guild has a lot to say on this subject and they will certainly take it to court. In fact, they're already taking issue with Kindle's audio reader, as they view it as the equivalent of audio rights to a print novel, as do I.
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All the books we have are held legally on our servers. You must determine whether or not a specific book is in the public domain in your country before downloading it.
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I dont know if it was because of a copyright violation, but feedbooks.com took down thier stuff by Homer.
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All of our Homer translations are definitely in the public domain.
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Not a report, but a question: Past Masters Nine was moved offline due to no doubt copyright violation, but which story? I've rechecked, and as far as I can see, all authors are in the L+70 PD. Unless of course a source I used for dates has an error.
Bodkin 1933 O'Brien 1944 Oppenheim 1946 Davis 1916 Hill 1927 Zangwill 1926 Bindloss 1945 Atkins 1927 Connell 1949 Hilton 1937 |
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