Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Kevin W. Woodruff" <cierpke AT prodigy.net>]

Peter:

Actually there are many works on the site that are
clearly still under copyright protection, such as TDNT
and Colin Brown's NIDNTT. Most of the books are of
this type. I would agree that GKC edition is most
likely in the public domain

Kevin


--- Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org> wrote:

> On 15/09/2005 02:20, Kevin W. Woodruff wrote:
> 
> >Gentlemen:
> >
> >Here is a page giving  the terms of copyright and
> >public domain. I hope this clears up the confusion
> >
>
>http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/training/Hirtle_Public_Domain.htm
> >
> >  
> >
> Thank you. To clarify this, the edition of
> Gesenius-Kautzsch-Cowley in 
> question was "Published in the United States by
> Oxford University Press, 
> New York" as a reprint of the "Second English
> edition 1910". There is no 
> explicit copyright notice. The issues may be a bit
> complicated because 
> the date of publication in the USA is unstated, and
> in fact may be later 
> than 1910. But presumably a subsequent US
> publication of a reprint does 
> not create a new copyright. Also your list makes no
> mention of works 
> published in English between 1909 and 1922 which are
> not "Published in 
> compliance with US formalities" - and such
> formalities do not apply here 
> as they require a formal copyright notice.
> Nevertheless it seems clear 
> that in every case a work published before 1923
> whose authors have been 
> dead for more than 70 years is in the public domain.
> The only possible 
> copyright claim on the book might come from the
> rules described at 
>
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/c-fineprint.html,
> but these 
> probably apply only to publications in languages
> other than English.
> 
> Given the highly tenuous nature of any claims to
> copyright which might 
> exist, for Oxford University Press and the estates
> of Gesenius, Kautzsch 
> and Cowley, I would suggest that people treat the
> site at 
> http://www.biblecentre.net/ot/ges/gr/hegr-Index.html
> as legitimate until 
> or unless Oxford etc take any action against it, but
> also take some care 
> about republishing this material themselves.
> 
> -- 
> Peter Kirk
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> 
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