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Most (all) of the actual books should be out of copyright at this point and thus public domain. This means, from a copyright perspective, there is no longer an
by rmah 16y ago
Most (all) of the actual books should be out of copyright at this point and thus public domain. This means, from a copyright perspective, there is no longer any ownership of the books and you can do anything you want.
However, since the scanning was done recently, the scans may be copyrighted by the Hockliffe Collection. The website certainly would be. It may be prudent to speak to a copyright attorney about it. I think it would also be the polite thing to do contact someone from the original foundation if possible to discuss this.
- _delirium 16y ago> However, since the scanning was done recently, the scans may be copyrighted by the Hockliffe Collection. In the U.S. at least, scans probably aren't subject to a separate copyright; they're too direct and uncreative a copy, so they just inherit the copyright of the original work. Wikimedia Commons advises people to operate as if scans aren't separately copyrightable, anyway: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:When_to_use_the_PD-scan_tag http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:When_to_use_the_PD...