Re: Audio book

And neither of these is going to be Delany's "preferred" text, as _Jewels_
was notoriously cut and _Captives_ was extensively rewritten for later
editions.

On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Zvi Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote:

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> That's really interesting Greg, thanks for the link!
>
> Following up at that page... it seems that two Ace paperbacks by Chip are
> now 'public domain' in the US? They're copyright by Ace Books (not Samuel
> R. Delany) in 1962 and 1963, which makes them 51 and 50 years old
> respectively. In the file itself, it says "Extensive research did not
> uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was
> renewed."
>
> (This is of course the Ace version only not any later or earlier edition
> copyright by Samuel R. Delany.)
>
> According to this page:
> http://copyright.cornell.edu/resources/publicdomain.cfm
>
> This is legit:
>
> 1923 through 1963
>
> Published with notice but copyright was not
> renewed8
> http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/resources/publicdomain.cfm#Footnote_8>
>
> None. In the public domain due to copyright expiration
>
> HOWEVER! It looks like these are the only such works by Chip that are thus
> affected -- copyright law changes in the US in 1964:
>
> 1964 through 1977
>
> Published with notice
>
> 95 years after publication date
>
> So it looks like these will be the only such "public domain" works from Ace
> Books that will exist for another 45 years or so.
>
> Disclaimer: IANAL (I Am Not A Lawyer).
>
> --Zvi
>
> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Greg Weeks [email protected]> wrote:
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> >
> > Captives of the Flame audio book by Librivox
> >
> > http://librivox.org/captives-of-the-flame-by-samuel-r-delany/
> >
> > --
> > Greg Weeks
> > http://durendal.org/greg/
> >
> >
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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes


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