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by ras52
Fri Dec 06, 2024 3:48 pm
Forum: Copyright Law
Topic: Use of archive.org PDFs of out-of-copyright books
Replies: 2
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Re: Use of archive.org PDFs of out-of-copyright books

Thank you. That's very helpful, and confirms what I thought (and hoped!) was probably the case. The books I'm interested in were published in London during the seventeenth or early eighteenth centuries by authors who have been dead for more than 250 years. I can't see any grounds for them to be ...
by ras52
Fri Dec 06, 2024 12:35 pm
Forum: Copyright Law
Topic: Use of archive.org PDFs of out-of-copyright books
Replies: 2
Views: 687

Use of archive.org PDFs of out-of-copyright books

The Internet archive (archive.org) has a large library of digitised old books which are available to view online and also as PDF downloads. For the purpose of this question, let’s assume the books of interest are all out of copyright, though I’m aware that can be a complex question to answer. The sit ...