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Tue 6 Sep, 2011 04:15 am
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COPYRIGHT INFORMATION
Short Story: “Rip Van Winkle”
Author: Washington Irving, 1783–1859
First published: 1819
Illustrations first published: 1863
The original story and illustrations are in the public domain in the
United States and in most, if not all, other countries as well. Readers
outside the United States should check their own countries’ copyright laws
to be certain they can legally download this ebook. The Online Books Page
has an FAQ which gives a summary of copyright durations for many other
countries, as well as links to more official sources.
@oristarA,
Yes, but as the statement alludes - something can be public domain in one country but still under copyright in another. Hathitrust has a heap of public domain books published between the 1870s and 1920s that you can't see from outside the US because US copyright law is generally weaker than international law. (PS weaker is not worse in this sense)
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