Re: The Panchatantra

Robin Whittleton <[email protected]> Tue, 22 May 2018 20:24:21 +0200
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Thanks, but I was planning to produce this for Standard Ebooks ( =
https://standardebooks.org/ <https://standardebooks.org/> ) which is a =
US project and as such requires US-PD confirmation. I=E2=80=99ll happily =
read the Wikisource transcript for myself :)

> On 22 May 2018, at 18:31, Gardner Buchanan <gbuchana-R6A+fiHC8nRWk0Htik3J/[email protected]> =
wrote:
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> Arthur William Ryder (March 8, 1877 =E2=80=93 March 21, 1938) has been =
dead for 80 years.  His works, such
> as translations, would be PD in Life+70 and Life+50 locales.  Try =
PG-Australia, PG-Canada, PG-Europe.
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> On 22-May-2018 12:06, Robin Whittleton wrote:
>> 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.
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>> Thanks again though!
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>>> On 22 May 2018, at 16:14, [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> =
wrote:
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>>> If I can find a scanned source for the same, I will be happy to look =
into it. Renewals can be hard, though.
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>>> Jeroen.
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>>> Quoting Robin Whittleton <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>:
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>>>> 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) =
<https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Panchatantra_%28Purnabhadra%27s_Rece=
nsion_of_1199_CE%29> (see also archive.org <http://archive.org/> scans: =
https://archive.org/details/Panchatantra_Arthur_W_Ryder =
<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?
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>>>> Thanks!
>>>> -Robin
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class=3D"">Thanks, but I was planning to produce this for Standard =
Ebooks (&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://standardebooks.org/" =
class=3D"">https://standardebooks.org/</a>&nbsp;) which is a US project =
and as such requires US-PD confirmation. I=E2=80=99ll happily read the =
Wikisource transcript for myself :)<br class=3D""><div><br =
class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D"">On 22 =
May 2018, at 18:31, Gardner Buchanan &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:gbuchana-R6A+fiHC8nRWk0Htik3J/[email protected]" =
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      Arthur William Ryder (March 8, 1877 =E2=80=93 March 21, 1938) has =
been
      dead for 80 years.&nbsp; His works, such<br class=3D"">
      as translations, would be PD in Life+70 and Life+50 locales.&nbsp; =
Try
      PG-Australia, PG-Canada, PG-Europe.<br class=3D"">
      <br class=3D"">
      <br class=3D"">
      On 22-May-2018 12:06, Robin Whittleton wrote:<br class=3D"">
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charset=3Dutf-8" 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"" =
moz-do-not-send=3D"true">http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/renewals.htm=
l</a>&nbsp;.
      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"" =
moz-do-not-send=3D"true">archive.org</a>&nbsp;I
      found the 9th edition with a copyright of 1956 from the =
family:&nbsp;<a =
href=3D"https://archive.org/stream/in.gov.ignca.2332/2332#page/n6/mode/1up=
" class=3D"" =
moz-do-not-send=3D"true">https://archive.org/stream/in.gov.ignca.2332/2332=
#page/n6/mode/1up</a>&nbsp;.
      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.
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      <div class=3D"">Thanks again though!<br class=3D"">
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                    <div class=3D"">On 22 May 2018, at 16:14, <a =
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moz-do-not-send=3D"true">[email protected]</a>
                      wrote:</div>
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                        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 &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" class=3D"" =
moz-do-not-send=3D"true">[email protected]</a>&gt;:<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=99s =
nothing on Gutenberg
                          but I did find this good quality transcription
                          on Wikisource: <a =
href=3D"https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Panchatantra_%28Purnabhadra%2=
7s_Recension_of_1199_CE%29" class=3D"" =
moz-do-not-send=3D"true">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"" moz-do-not-send=3D"true">archive.org</a>
                          scans: <a =
href=3D"https://archive.org/details/Panchatantra_Arthur_W_Ryder" =
class=3D"" =
moz-do-not-send=3D"true">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"">
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