Re: Transcribing Public Domain Materials

On 6/16/05, Patrick <Nakerite[_at_]aol.com> wrote:
>
> I found a website with a substantial amount of public domain material.
> On the site's copyright page, the site's owner said that those files are in
> the public domain, that they make no claim to ownership, but the site also
> states that people wanting to use those files for commercial purposes must
> retranscribed (retype) the materials found in the file.
> How can they enforce this? Is it enforcible?

It would be very instructive if you can tell us where the website is so that we can put your inquiry in the proper context.

I am using your post solely as the basis for my response. The site's owner obviously is lying.

Joseph Pietro Riolo
<josephpietrojeungriolo[_at_]gmail.com>
<riolo[_at_]voicenet.com>

Number of days left until 1-1-2019 when all knowledge of 1923 in the land of the U.S.A. will be freed from their copyright owners' prisons: 4,946

Public domain notice: I put all of my expressions in this post in the public domain. Received on Sat Jun 18 2005 - 01:05:16 GMT