Re: The Panchatantra
Robin Whittleton <[email protected]> Tue, 22 May 2018 18:06:30 +0200
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--===============3730675039848901502== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_C1DF129F-0C34-49BF-8E91-33233A73EAA2" --Apple-Mail=_C1DF129F-0C34-49BF-8E91-33233A73EAA2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Thanks for the help, but it looks like it=E2=80=99s not going to happen. = I=E2=80=99ve been doing a bit more digging and found this: = http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/renewals.html = <http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/renewals.html> . That suggested = that if there=E2=80=99s an edition published more than 28 years after = the original (which would in this case be 1953) with a renewal notice = it=E2=80=99s game over. Looking on archive.org <http://archive.org/> I = found the 9th edition with a copyright of 1956 from the family: = https://archive.org/stream/in.gov.ignca.2332/2332#page/n6/mode/1up = <https://archive.org/stream/in.gov.ignca.2332/2332#page/n6/mode/1up> . I = guess that means they renewed it, or even if it doesn=E2=80=99t it makes = it unfeasible for GB without a lot more digging. Thanks again though! > On 22 May 2018, at 16:14, [email protected] wrote: >=20 >=20 > If I can find a scanned source for the same, I will be happy to look = into it. Renewals can be hard, though. >=20 > Jeroen. >=20 > Quoting Robin Whittleton <[email protected]>: >=20 >> The Panchatantra is (to quote Wikipedia) "an ancient Indian work of = political philosophy, in the form of a collection of interrelated animal = fables=E2=80=9D. There=E2=80=99s nothing on Gutenberg but I did find = this good quality transcription on Wikisource: = https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Panchatantra_(Purnabhadra%27s_Recensi= on_of_1199_CE) (see also archive.org scans: = https://archive.org/details/Panchatantra_Arthur_W_Ryder ). While this = translation was published in the US in 1925 the wikisource link claims = no copyright was renewed on the text. Sure enough, a quick search on the = Stanford copyright renewal database doesn=E2=80=99t throw anything up. >>=20 >> Is this something Gutenberg would consider adding? If I wanted to = verify lapse of copyright is there a more formal process I could = undertake? >>=20 >> Thanks! >> -Robin >=20 >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > gutvol-d mailing list > gutvol-d-4LCm/o+qPMZ96Xl/[email protected] > http://lists.pglaf.org/mailman/listinfo/gutvol-d --Apple-Mail=_C1DF129F-0C34-49BF-8E91-33233A73EAA2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D"">Thanks for the help, but it looks like it=E2=80=99s not going = to happen. I=E2=80=99ve been doing a bit more digging and found this: <a = href=3D"http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/renewals.html" = class=3D"">http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/renewals.html</a> . = That suggested that if there=E2=80=99s an edition published more than 28 = years after the original (which would in this case be 1953) with a = renewal notice it=E2=80=99s game over. Looking on <a = href=3D"http://archive.org" class=3D"">archive.org</a> I found the = 9th edition with a copyright of 1956 from the family: <a = href=3D"https://archive.org/stream/in.gov.ignca.2332/2332#page/n6/mode/1up= " = class=3D"">https://archive.org/stream/in.gov.ignca.2332/2332#page/n6/mode/= 1up</a> . I guess that means they renewed it, or even if it = doesn=E2=80=99t it makes it unfeasible for GB without a lot more = digging.<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Thanks = again though!<br class=3D""><div class=3D""><div class=3D""><div = class=3D""><div class=3D""><div><br class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" = class=3D""><div class=3D"">On 22 May 2018, at 16:14, <a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" class=3D"">[email protected]</a> = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div = class=3D""><br class=3D"">If I can find a scanned source for the same, I = will be happy to look into it. Renewals can be hard, though.<br = class=3D""><br class=3D"">Jeroen.<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">Quoting = Robin Whittleton <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" = class=3D"">[email protected]</a>>:<br class=3D""><br = class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D"">The Panchatantra is (to = quote Wikipedia) "an ancient Indian work of political philosophy, in the = form of a collection of interrelated animal fables=E2=80=9D. There=E2=80=99= s nothing on Gutenberg but I did find this good quality transcription on = Wikisource: <a = href=3D"https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Panchatantra_(Purnabhadra%27s= _Recension_of_1199_CE)" = class=3D"">https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Panchatantra_(Purnabhadra%= 27s_Recension_of_1199_CE)</a> (see also <a href=3D"http://archive.org" = class=3D"">archive.org</a> scans: <a = href=3D"https://archive.org/details/Panchatantra_Arthur_W_Ryder" = class=3D"">https://archive.org/details/Panchatantra_Arthur_W_Ryder</a> = ). While this translation was published in the US in 1925 the wikisource = link claims no copyright was renewed on the text. Sure enough, a quick = search on the Stanford copyright renewal database doesn=E2=80=99t throw = anything up.<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">Is this something Gutenberg = would consider adding? If I wanted to verify lapse of copyright is there = a more formal process I could undertake?<br class=3D""><br = class=3D"">Thanks!<br class=3D"">-Robin<br class=3D""></blockquote><br = class=3D""><br class=3D""><br = class=3D"">_______________________________________________<br = class=3D"">gutvol-d mailing list<br class=3D""><a = href=3D"mailto:gutvol-d-4LCm/o+qPMZ96Xl/[email protected]" = class=3D"">gutvol-d-4LCm/o+qPMZ96Xl/[email protected]</a><br = class=3D"">http://lists.pglaf.org/mailman/listinfo/gutvol-d<br = class=3D""></div></div></blockquote></div><br = class=3D""></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_C1DF129F-0C34-49BF-8E91-33233A73EAA2-- --===============3730675039848901502== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: inline X19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX18KZ3V0dm9sLWQg bWFpbGluZyBsaXN0Cmd1dHZvbC1kQGxpc3RzLnBnbGFmLm9yZwpodHRwOi8vbGlzdHMucGdsYWYu b3JnL21haWxtYW4vbGlzdGluZm8vZ3V0dm9sLWQK --===============3730675039848901502==--