At 11:43 PM 1/12/2003 +0000, etaonsh <rcom@...> wrote:

--- In qalam@yahoogroups.com,
starner@... wrote:
> Being a volunteer for Project
Gutenberg, I instinctually checked
it out and scanned it into the
computer. So I can offer a copy to
anyone who wants one, and has an FTP
site to upload it to.

Does PG have guidelines for verifying a book is in PD before copying it? I mean besides "its really old, more than a hundred years, so it must be OK"? Is there a procedure that was used to vet the status? One mistake is all it will take to destroy the good name and works of PG and other projects by association.

Barry Caplan
www.i18n.com