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Apart from more ads, what benefit do these have over getting the same books from project Gutenberg?

by alltakendamned 6y ago

ilaksh 6y ago
It seems like they are repackaging Gutenberg books. But did not mention Gutenberg.
- input_sh 6y ago
  It's in a different jurisdiction than Gutenberg (Australia). You can't find any George Orwell books in Gutenberg, because his books are not in the public domain in the United States just yet. Australian law says life + 50 years for authors that died before 1955. That'd make Orwell's work in the public domain since 2001 in Australia, and in the US starting from next year (died in 1950 + 70 years). For convenience copyright for those that died 70 years ago expires on January 1st next year, not exactly 70 years ago, so the author that died on January 2nd 1950 an author that died on December 31st 1950 enter the public domain at the same time: January 1st, 2021.
- yorwba 6y ago
  Project Gutenberg has a standard footer for their books that includes "Project Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission." So commercial use actually requires that you strip Project Gutenberg's trademarks and redistribute only the public domain text.
kevinhq 6y ago
i dont see any ads as long as the ublock origin is active. or am I missing it? based on my quick glance, it looks like similar to project Gutenberg.
mvellandi 6y ago
Mostly, no benefit over Gutenberg. Though you could compare such sites based on: - individual title design (cover, ebook formatting/layout) - curation of titles and authors based on genre, literary period, country, and other factors Legally, books are freely available where public domain status for a book is recognized. In the U.S., that is practically anything published before 1925. In most other countries, it's 70 years after the author or translator's death. Gutenberg decided to block access to its main site in Germany (where I am), to resolve copyright claims.

Apart from more ads, what benefit do these have over getting the same books from project Gutenberg?

ilaksh 6y ago

It seems like they are repackaging Gutenberg books. But did not mention Gutenberg.

input_sh 6y ago
It's in a different jurisdiction than Gutenberg (Australia). You can't find any George Orwell books in Gutenberg, because his books are not in the public domain in the United States just yet. Australian law says life + 50 years for authors that died before 1955. That'd make Orwell's work in the public domain since 2001 in Australia, and in the US starting from next year (died in 1950 + 70 years). For convenience copyright for those that died 70 years ago expires on January 1st next year, not exactly 70 years ago, so the author that died on January 2nd 1950 an author that died on December 31st 1950 enter the public domain at the same time: January 1st, 2021.
yorwba 6y ago
Project Gutenberg has a standard footer for their books that includes "Project Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission." So commercial use actually requires that you strip Project Gutenberg's trademarks and redistribute only the public domain text.

kevinhq 6y ago

i dont see any ads as long as the ublock origin is active. or am I missing it? based on my quick glance, it looks like similar to project Gutenberg.

mvellandi 6y ago

Mostly, no benefit over Gutenberg. Though you could compare such sites based on: - individual title design (cover, ebook formatting/layout) - curation of titles and authors based on genre, literary period, country, and other factors Legally, books are freely available where public domain status for a book is recognized. In the U.S., that is practically anything published before 1925. In most other countries, it's 70 years after the author or translator's death. Gutenberg decided to block access to its main site in Germany (where I am), to resolve copyright claims.