No need to fret. Under US copyright law, no work
published before 1923 is under copyright. If the book
is indeed over 100 years old, it is in the public
domain. See these pages:

http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/copyright/
http://www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm

-Weiben Wang

--- i18n <i18n@...> wrote:

> 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
>
>

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