Timeline for Copyright laws regarding a book originally published a few hundred years ago, then republished
Current License: CC BY-SA 4.0
7 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2022 at 12:02 | comment | added | gnasher729 | If you are sure that you can identify the (large) bits that are ought of copyright, then you can copy and reproduce them. Of course you have to be sure. | |
| Feb 10, 2020 at 22:10 | answer | added | Paul Johnson | timeline score: 3 | |
| Feb 10, 2020 at 9:24 | comment | added | user29716 | @ScottDunnington aha interesting.. could I copy only the raw text from their pages? Meaning if they scanned them in as a PDF, could I legally use a program to analyze the text (only) from that PDF, extract it (again, only text), and then reformat it in my own book? | |
| Feb 10, 2020 at 6:02 | comment | added | Tiger Guy | You can't make copies of their pages for profit. You could certainly publish your own version of the source material. | |
| Feb 10, 2020 at 3:14 | comment | added | user29716 | @DaleM no its literally just the exact same hebrew text as the original, possibly in a new font, and the only addition I believe is an appendix, in the back, with new notes etc. written to explain / source some things, but my question of reproducing would only apply to the main text of the book, and not the new notes. | |
| Feb 10, 2020 at 3:01 | comment | added | Dale M♦ | Is the US work an English translation of the original Hebrew? | |
| Feb 10, 2020 at 0:47 | history | asked | user29716 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |