I guess the same would apply to Gills Commentary. Geoff On Sat, 23 Nov 2002 23:30:01 -0700 (MST) Chris Little <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hi, > A book copyrighted in 1887 would be in the public domain. Zondervan also > cannot re-copyright the base work by reprinting it. They may have added > new front-matter or made corrections, for which reason distributing copies > of the 1887 edition would be preferrable. But if you were to omit any new > materials added by Zondervan, it should be okay to distributed copies of > this work. The new printing itself (including any changes to layout or > additions) is copyrighted 1976, but the textual content from the 1887 > remains public domain. Blessings, Chris Little On Sat, 23 Nov 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > Wouldn't A Concordance of the Septuagint by George Morrish, originally > published in 1887 be public domain? Zondervan republished it in 1976 as ISBN > 0-310-20300-7, which now apparently is out of print. Wondering if you can > clear up a matter for me. > > 1. They have "All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be > reproduced ..." verbiage on a page in the frontmatter (with no copyright > notice), but refer to a copyright owner. In fact, may this publication, at > least the major content (Morrish's work) be copied and distributed free as > public domain? > > 2. Can a work be copyrighted after so many years? > > Thx. George Beals >
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