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Twelve Against the Gods

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by William Bolitho

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Elon Musk is taking me places. Just surprised that a free copy og this book is not available on the web. Its been more than 70 years since the book was published. Shouldn't it be in public domain by now?
Neil Sandage It 100% is in the public domain. Find a copy and upload it. ~ Now for the legal issue, i believe the original limits and timelines are grandfathered i…moreIt 100% is in the public domain. Find a copy and upload it. ~ Now for the legal issue, i believe the original limits and timelines are grandfathered in as they were at the time of printing, yet in the 1990's a new law came out stating new works are protected the artist's life + plus 70 years, so if any artists were still alive in the 1990's then their works, would be imparted this new law, but not artist who died before the new copyright law passed. So this unusual work of 1923 is probably someone very old who was still alive when the law of plus 70 years was passed.

I also very much do not agree with the new life plus 70 copyright, when the work is not being offered for sale. I understand and entirely respect the idea of royalties, but rumor has it especially where truth is inconveinent that patents and bought and ip rights bought, to seal away the right to or more correctly the privelege and intention of Free Speed, in various authors, we need a law that is not so much about copy right as to who is allowed to go to print, as it is about, how much of a royalty or mimumum price is an artist or artist estate legally promised, especially in the case of works where people are dead, but a trust of fund might be outlined to be formed or opened if it does not exist to guarantee grave sites, and family or others benefit from the works of Free Speech, or intended Income of returns for work performed or without specifics royalty might be expected as with Writer Guilds and other Union Writers, or other models and modicums of work such as always no matter the age providing benefit to the maintenance of grave or historic property of said persons or authors who produced the later reproduced, and after some examples compensation for both mis- and appropriated works that produce above federal poverty or mandatory taxable income levels, toward above printing costs income .... ?(less)
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