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Curiously, the full text of the book is prominently posted online in multiple places, for example: http://www.george-orwell.org/1984/index.html http://www.geor
by asciilifeform 17y ago
Curiously, the full text of the book is prominently posted online in multiple places, for example:
http://www.george-orwell.org/1984/index.html http://www.george-orwell.org/1984/index.html
This could be because the copyright has expired almost everywhere.
- tomjen 17y agoHe wrote it in 1948, which is post Mickey so it is still under copyright. Not that it matters, as you pointed out.
- xiaoma 17y agoIt's still under copyright in the US and UK, but not in Canada, where the copyright was "only" the author's life plus 50 years. http://www.netcharles.com/orwell/info.htm http://www.netcharles.com/orwell/info.htm