Re: [libreoffice-users] Documentation URL

On 03/17/2012 02:40 PM, James Knott wrote:
> Tom Davies wrote:
> > At a guess "The Wizard of Oz" is copyrighted by some fairly hefty 
> > people that wouldn't like to see copies of the story floating around 
> > unless they got paid for each copy!  I'm not even sure they would 
> > accept a single "private use" copy.  So, i think this list has to 
> > officially assume that you were just using that name as an example to 
> > give us a rough idea of the sort of size project you are dealing with;)
>
> While I can't say about Wiz of Oz, books eventually fall out of 
> copyright.  Since it was first published in 1900, it's likely the 
> copyright on the original story has long since expired.  However, 
> publishers may have copyrights on their book version, but not the 
> basic story.
>
> BTW, I just checked the Project Gutenberg site and found a few 
> versions of this story.  Project Gutenberg has a lot of books that are 
> out of copyright or never were copyright. Here's what that site says:
>
> "The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. 
> Frank Baum
>
> This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
> almost no restrictions whatsoever.  You may copy it, give it away or
> re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
> with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net"
Following up with "The Wizard of Oz"; I found an edition on Amazon that 
has copyrighted illustrations and endnotes but not the original text. 
The illustrations and endnotes were prepared for this edition. 
Publishers will reissue classics that are public domain with either new 
material or updated spelling and punctuation that allows them to claim a 
copyright on the new material. The original work is public domain but 
the newer additions/edits/corrections are not.

When dealing with copyrights, you can have the situation were there are 
several different applicable copyrights for a specific edition. The 
scope of each copyright should be noted - what is specifically covered, 
date, and owner.

--
Jay Lozier
jslozier@gmail.com


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