Surely once something is out of copyright it is out of copyright and
anyone can make as many copies as they wish without reference or
payment to anyone. It's only works which are still within their
copyright time that copyright owners can sell or licence the rights to.
Brenda
On 5 Oct 2009, at 15:20, Madame RD wrote:
Google's recent attempt to settle with publishers for sole rights to
expired copyrights?
so that's what they were after !!!!! it's about as bad as
copyrighting plant cells ... once they control something they can
put whatever price they want on it ... disgusting!
dom from Paris
----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurie Waters" <[email protected]
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To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 10:22 AM
Subject: [lace] Google Books expired copyrights
Can anyone comment on the potential copyright liability of sites
like the University of Arizona's weaving archive (which includes
the big lace archive) in view of Google's recent attempt to
settle with publishers for sole rights to expired copyrights? I
know this isn't final yet, but they are putting tremendous
resources behind it and have a good chance of success. What will
happen to sites like this one if this happens? Will they have to
shut down? Are there any lawyers out there who are following this?
I know I'd like to scan a few old works for my own site, but have
no idea of the potential impact here. Thanks.
Laurie
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