[sword-devel] Re: [sword-support] "A Concordance of the Septuagint" by Morrish

[Geoffrey W Hastings]

I guess the same would apply to Gills Commentary.
Geoff

On Sat, 23 Nov 2002 23:30:01 -0700 (MST) Chris Little
<chrislit@crosswire.org> writes:
Hi,
 
> A book copyrighted in 1887 would be in the public domain.  Zondervan
also
> cannot re-copyright the base work by reprinting it.  They may have
added
> new front-matter or made corrections, for which reason distributing
copies
> of the 1887 edition would be preferrable.  But if you were to omit any
new
> materials added by Zondervan, it should be okay to distributed copies
of
> this work.  The new printing itself (including any changes to layout or
> additions) is copyrighted 1976, but the textual content from the 1887 
> remains public domain.
 
Blessings,
Chris Little
 
On Sat, 23 Nov 2002 Gbeals@aol.com wrote:
 
> Hi,
> Wouldn't A Concordance of the Septuagint by George Morrish, originally 
> published in 1887 be public domain? Zondervan republished it in 1976 as
ISBN 
> 0-310-20300-7, which now apparently is out of print. Wondering if you
can 
> clear up a matter for me. 
> 
> 1. They have "All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be 
> reproduced ..." verbiage on a page in the frontmatter (with no
copyright 
> notice), but refer to a copyright owner. In fact, may this publication,
at 
> least the major content (Morrish's work) be copied and distributed free
as 
> public domain? 
> 
> 2. Can a work be copyrighted after so many years?
> 
> Thx.  George Beals
> 
 

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