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Visit the US Copyright Office at www.copyright.gov The FAQ is pretty easy to understand. Your best bet is to try to get permission for use.
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kelstan wrote:Visit the US Copyright Office at http://www.copyright.gov The FAQ is pretty easy to understand. Your best bet is to try to get permission for use.
Been there, done that, still don't get all the nuances. Still, thanks for the post. :?
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My company was involved in a patent infringemnt lawsuit a few years ago - we shelled out 40 grand to buy the patent, because it was cheaper than dealing with the lawsuit. If you intend to use ANYTHING that might be questionable, try to get permission.
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Hello Avid Reader:

Have you ever visited the site: "Project Gutenberg"? All the books offered on this site are considered public domain and are free. The ways you can use these public domain books are explained in great detail on this site. It may be useful.
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A Project Gutenberg ebook is made out of two parts: the public domain book and the non public domain Project Gutenberg trademark and license. If you strip the Project Gutenberg license and all references to Project Gutenberg from the ebook, you are left with a public domain ebook. You can do anything you want with that
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A few years ago there was a trend by some writers to take a public domain novel, such as "Sense and Sensibility" and change a few words, add a new component, such as sea monsters and produce a new novel called, "Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters". Now these writers, and there were a few, always used the original author along with themselves even though they may not have been required to. If the name Jane Austen is on the cover of a new book, people will buy.

Does anyone want to join me in writing a novel with Dickens, "Great ExSPLATations" or maybe "David COVENfield"! :P
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Suzanne wrote: Does anyone want to join me in writing a novel with Dickens, "Great ExSPLATations" or maybe "David COVENfield"!
Too late . . .

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Aww shucks! :wink:
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