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

I do agree with you that it would probably be in the public domain now.  (Of
course, I'm not a lawyer -- I just play one on TV.)  But methinks it's still
a good idea to cite sources out of respect.

:Chris



>From: Benct Philip Jonsson <bpjonsson@...>
>Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...>
>To: CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu
>Subject: OT: Can a book published in 1908 still be under copyright?
>Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 15:28:28 +0200
>
>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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>/BP 8^)>
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>Benct Philip Jonsson -- melroch at melroch dot se
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