Re: OT: Can a book published in 1908 still be under copyright?

In the USA, anything before 1920 becomes "public domain."  I have been up to
my ears in this recently.  Anything in copyright presently is "fair use" if
you quote minimally from it, except in the case of short poetry, certain
translations, etc.  It's maddening.

Sally

----- Original Message -----
From: "Benct Philip Jonsson" <bpjonsson@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 9:28 AM
Subject: OT: Can a book published in 1908 still be under copyright?


> Can a book published in 1908 still be under copyright, or
> more precisely, can those who have made a recent reprint
> claim copyright, except for any material they may have added?
> FYI the author died in  1939, so by my calculations copyright
> should have expired in 1990.
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