Comments on: Public domain books published 1923-1963

Public domain books published 1923-1963

stbalbach — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 14:56:20 -0800

Stanford's new Copyright Renewal Database makes searchable the copyright renewal records of books published from 1923-1963, previously very difficult to do. Between those dates, a renewal registration was required to prevent the expiration of copyright, so books not renewed are now in the public domain. Publishing scanned books on Internet Archive.

By: needs more cowbell

needs more cowbell — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 17:29:53 -0800

Neat--I'd been wondering about the status of an underappreciated 1960s children's book that I think should be reprinted, and this answered my question. I suppose it was pretty unlikely that the copyright had simply been allowed to run out (which woulda made reprinting really easy, of course), but it's nice to know for sure.

By: Alt F4

Alt F4 — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 17:37:18 -0800

The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet? Taken. (curses!)

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 21:46:52 -0800

I should add that some works are exempt from needing renewal, those by foreign authors basically, for the exact wording see here